How To Install kdesdk on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdesdk on Debian 9.
What is kdesdk
kdesdk 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 software development applications provided with the official release of KDE.
There are three methods to install kdesdk 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 kdesdk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kdesdk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdesdk
Install kdesdk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kdesdk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdesdk
Install kdesdk 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 kdesdk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdesdk
How To Uninstall kdesdk on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kdesdk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdesdk
Uninstall kdesdk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdesdk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdesdk
Remove kdesdk Configurations and Data
To remove kdesdk configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdesdk
Remove kdesdk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdesdk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdesdk
Dependencies
kdesdk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdesdk package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.