How To Install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets on Debian 10.
What is kde-telepathy-desktop-applets
kde-telepathy-desktop-applets is:
This package provides widgets that allow you to have any of your IM contacts easily accessible as an icon on your desktop.
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-desktop-applets 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-desktop-applets 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-desktop-applets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets
Install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets
Install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets 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-desktop-applets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets
How To Uninstall kde-telepathy-desktop-applets on Debian 10
To uninstall only the kde-telepathy-desktop-applets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kde-telepathy-desktop-applets
Uninstall kde-telepathy-desktop-applets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kde-telepathy-desktop-applets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-telepathy-desktop-applets
Remove kde-telepathy-desktop-applets Configurations and Data
To remove kde-telepathy-desktop-applets configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kde-telepathy-desktop-applets
Remove kde-telepathy-desktop-applets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kde-telepathy-desktop-applets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-telepathy-desktop-applets
Dependencies
kde-telepathy-desktop-applets have the following dependencies:
- qml-module-org-kde-telepathy
- qml-module-org-kde-people
- libc6
- libkf5windowsystem5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5qml5
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.