How To Install kdevelop-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevelop-dev on Kali Linux. kdevelop-dev is development files for the KDevelop IDE

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevelop-dev on Kali Linux.

What is kdevelop-dev

kdevelop-dev 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.

This package contains development files for KDevelop.

There are three methods to install kdevelop-dev on Kali Linux. 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kdevelop-dev

Install kdevelop-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kdevelop-dev

Install kdevelop-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install kdevelop-dev

How To Uninstall kdevelop-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kdevelop-dev

Uninstall kdevelop-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kdevelop-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdevelop-dev

Remove kdevelop-dev Configurations and Data

To remove kdevelop-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdevelop-dev

Remove kdevelop-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdevelop-dev

Dependencies

kdevelop-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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