How To Install kio-extras on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-extras on Debian 10.
What is kio-extras
kio-extras is:
A kioslave is a plugin designed to be intimately familiar with a certain protocol, so that a standardized interface can be used to get at data from any number of places. A few examples are the http and ftp kioslaves, which using nearly identical methods will retrieve data from an http or ftp server respectively.
This package is part of the KDE base workspace module.
There are three methods to install kio-extras on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kio-extras Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kio-extras using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kio-extras
Install kio-extras Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kio-extras using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kio-extras
Install kio-extras 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 kio-extras using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kio-extras
How To Uninstall kio-extras on Debian 10
To uninstall only the kio-extras package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kio-extras
Uninstall kio-extras And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kio-extras and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kio-extras
Remove kio-extras Configurations and Data
To remove kio-extras configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kio-extras
Remove kio-extras configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kio-extras configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kio-extras
Dependencies
kio-extras have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-extras package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.