How To Install kdelibs-bin on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdelibs-bin on Debian 9.

What is kdelibs-bin

kdelibs-bin is:

This package contains common core executables used by all KDE Applications.

This package is part of the KDE Development Platform libraries module.

There are three methods to install kdelibs-bin 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 kdelibs-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kdelibs-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kdelibs-bin

Install kdelibs-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kdelibs-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kdelibs-bin

Install kdelibs-bin 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 kdelibs-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdelibs-bin

How To Uninstall kdelibs-bin on Debian 9

To uninstall only the kdelibs-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kdelibs-bin

Uninstall kdelibs-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kdelibs-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdelibs-bin

Remove kdelibs-bin Configurations and Data

To remove kdelibs-bin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdelibs-bin

Remove kdelibs-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kdelibs-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdelibs-bin

Dependencies

kdelibs-bin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libkdecore5

References

• kdelibs-bin website

Summary

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