How To Install kmag on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kmag on Debian 9.
What is kmag
kmag is:
KDE’s screen magnifier tool.
You can use KMagnifier to magnify a part of the screen just as you would use a lens to magnify a newspaper fine-print or a photograph. This application is useful for a variety of people: from researchers to artists to web-designers to people with low vision.
This package is part of the KDE accessibility module.
There are three methods to install kmag 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 kmag Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kmag using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kmag
Install kmag Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kmag using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kmag
Install kmag 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 kmag using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kmag
How To Uninstall kmag on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kmag package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kmag
Uninstall kmag And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kmag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kmag
Remove kmag Configurations and Data
To remove kmag configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kmag
Remove kmag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kmag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kmag
Dependencies
kmag have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kmag package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.