How To Install kdegames on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdegames on Debian 10.
What is kdegames
kdegames is:
KDE is produced by an international technology team that creates free and open source software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE’s products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development.
This metapackage includes a collection of games provided with the official release of KDE.
There are three methods to install kdegames 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 kdegames Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kdegames using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdegames
Install kdegames Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kdegames using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdegames
Install kdegames 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 kdegames using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdegames
How To Uninstall kdegames on Debian 10
To uninstall only the kdegames package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdegames
Uninstall kdegames And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdegames and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdegames
Remove kdegames Configurations and Data
To remove kdegames configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdegames
Remove kdegames configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdegames configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdegames
Dependencies
kdegames have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdegames package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.