How To Install kdevelop on Debian 10

Learn how to install kdevelop on Debian 10 with this tutorial. kdevelop is integrated development environment for C/C++ and other languages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevelop on Debian 10.

What is kdevelop

kdevelop is:

KDevelop is a Free and Open Source integrated development environment (IDE). It provides editing, navigation and debugging features for several programming languages, as well as integration with multiple build systems and version-control systems, using a plugin-based architecture.

KDevelop has parser backends for C, C++ and Javascript/QML, with further external plugins supporting e.g. PHP or Python.

There are three methods to install kdevelop 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 kdevelop Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kdevelop

Install kdevelop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kdevelop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kdevelop

Install kdevelop 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 kdevelop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdevelop

How To Uninstall kdevelop on Debian 10

To uninstall only the kdevelop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kdevelop

Uninstall kdevelop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdevelop

Remove kdevelop Configurations and Data

To remove kdevelop configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdevelop

Remove kdevelop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdevelop

Dependencies

kdevelop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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