How To Install kde-telepathy-approver on Debian 10

Learn how to install kde-telepathy-approver on Debian 10 with this tutorial. kde-telepathy-approver is KDED module for approving incoming conversations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-telepathy-approver on Debian 10.

What is kde-telepathy-approver

kde-telepathy-approver is:

This package provides a KDED module that starts together with the KDE Plasma Desktop and shows a notification popup when someone from your contacts starts chatting with you.

This package is not meant to be used standalone. It is recommended to install the kde-telepathy metapackage instead.

There are three methods to install kde-telepathy-approver on Debian 10. 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-telepathy-approver 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-telepathy-approver using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kde-telepathy-approver

Install kde-telepathy-approver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-telepathy-approver using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kde-telepathy-approver

Install kde-telepathy-approver 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-telepathy-approver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kde-telepathy-approver

How To Uninstall kde-telepathy-approver on Debian 10

To uninstall only the kde-telepathy-approver package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kde-telepathy-approver

Uninstall kde-telepathy-approver And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kde-telepathy-approver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-telepathy-approver

Remove kde-telepathy-approver Configurations and Data

To remove kde-telepathy-approver configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kde-telepathy-approver

Remove kde-telepathy-approver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-telepathy-approver

Dependencies

kde-telepathy-approver have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-telepathy-approver package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.