How To Install kfilereplace on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install kfilereplace on Debian 9. kfilereplace is batch search-and-replace component

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kfilereplace on Debian 9.

What is kfilereplace

kfilereplace is:

KFileReplace is an embedded component for KDE that acts as a batch search-and-replace tool. It allows you to replace one expression with another in many files at once.

This package is part of KDE web development module.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kfilereplace

Install kfilereplace Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kfilereplace

Install kfilereplace 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 kfilereplace using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kfilereplace

How To Uninstall kfilereplace on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove kfilereplace

Uninstall kfilereplace And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kfilereplace

Remove kfilereplace Configurations and Data

To remove kfilereplace configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kfilereplace

Remove kfilereplace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kfilereplace

Dependencies

kfilereplace have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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