How To Install kinit on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kinit on Debian 9.
What is kinit
kinit is:
kdeinit is a process launcher somewhat similar to the famous init used for booting UNIX.
It launches processes by forking and then loading a dynamic library which should contain a ‘kdemain(…)’ function.
Using kdeinit to launch KDE applications makes starting a typical KDE applications 2.5 times faster (100ms instead of 250ms on a P-III 500) It reduces memory consumption by approx. 350Kb per application.
There are three methods to install kinit 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 kinit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kinit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kinit
Install kinit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kinit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kinit
Install kinit 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 kinit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kinit
How To Uninstall kinit on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kinit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kinit
Uninstall kinit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kinit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kinit
Remove kinit Configurations and Data
To remove kinit configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kinit
Remove kinit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kinit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kinit
Dependencies
kinit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kinit package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.