How To Install kde-sc-dev-latest on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-sc-dev-latest on Debian 9.

What is kde-sc-dev-latest

kde-sc-dev-latest is:

This package ensures that the latest version of the KDE Development Platform packages are installed on the system.

This metapackage is intended to be used only in the Build-Depends of the KDE Software Compilation packages. If the “Breaks” effect of this package is not desired on the maintainer system, it can be overridden by installing a custom version of this package with the pkgkde-override-sc-dev-latest command from the pkg-kde-tools package.

There are three methods to install kde-sc-dev-latest on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kde-sc-dev-latest Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-sc-dev-latest using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kde-sc-dev-latest

Install kde-sc-dev-latest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-sc-dev-latest using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kde-sc-dev-latest

Install kde-sc-dev-latest Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-sc-dev-latest using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kde-sc-dev-latest

How To Uninstall kde-sc-dev-latest on Debian 9

To uninstall only the kde-sc-dev-latest package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kde-sc-dev-latest

Uninstall kde-sc-dev-latest And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kde-sc-dev-latest and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-sc-dev-latest

Remove kde-sc-dev-latest Configurations and Data

To remove kde-sc-dev-latest configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kde-sc-dev-latest

Remove kde-sc-dev-latest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kde-sc-dev-latest configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-sc-dev-latest

Dependencies

kde-sc-dev-latest have the following dependencies:

• automoc
• cmake
• debhelper
• pkg-kde-tools

References

• kde-sc-dev-latest website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-sc-dev-latest package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.