How To Install kimageformat-plugins on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install kimageformat-plugins on Debian 11. kimageformat-plugins is additional image format plugins for QtGui

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kimageformat-plugins on Debian 11.

What is kimageformat-plugins

kimageformat-plugins is:

This framework provides additional image format plugins for QtGui. As such it is not required for the compilation of any other software, but may be a runtime requirement for Qt-based software to support certain image formats.

This package is part of KDE Frameworks.

There are three methods to install kimageformat-plugins on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kimageformat-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kimageformat-plugins

Install kimageformat-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kimageformat-plugins

Install kimageformat-plugins 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 kimageformat-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kimageformat-plugins

How To Uninstall kimageformat-plugins on Debian 11

To uninstall only the kimageformat-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kimageformat-plugins

Uninstall kimageformat-plugins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kimageformat-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kimageformat-plugins

Remove kimageformat-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove kimageformat-plugins configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kimageformat-plugins

Remove kimageformat-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kimageformat-plugins

Dependencies

kimageformat-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kimageformat-plugins package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.