How To Install kotlin on Debian 12

Learn how to install kotlin on Debian 12 with this tutorial. kotlin is cross-platform, general-purpose programming language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kotlin on Debian 12.

What is kotlin

kotlin is:

Kotlin is a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose programming language with type inference. Kotlin is designed to interoperate fully with Java, and the JVM version of its standard library depends on the Java Class Library, but type inference allows its syntax to be more concise.

There are three methods to install kotlin 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 kotlin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kotlin

Install kotlin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kotlin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kotlin

Install kotlin 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 kotlin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kotlin

How To Uninstall kotlin on Debian 12

To uninstall only the kotlin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kotlin

Uninstall kotlin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kotlin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kotlin

Remove kotlin Configurations and Data

To remove kotlin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kotlin

Remove kotlin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kotlin

Dependencies

kotlin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kotlin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.