How To Install kinit-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kinit-dev on Debian 12.
What is kinit-dev
kinit-dev 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.
Contains development files for kinit.
There are three methods to install kinit-dev on Debian 12. 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-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 kinit-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kinit-dev
Install kinit-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kinit-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kinit-dev
Install kinit-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kinit-dev
How To Uninstall kinit-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the kinit-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kinit-dev
Uninstall kinit-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kinit-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kinit-dev
Remove kinit-dev Configurations and Data
To remove kinit-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kinit-dev
Remove kinit-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kinit-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kinit-dev
Dependencies
kinit-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kinit-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
