How To Install libbalooxapian4 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbalooxapian4 on Debian 9.
What is libbalooxapian4
libbalooxapian4 is:
Baloo is a framework for searching and managing metadata.
This package contains the Baloo Xapian library.
Baloo is part of KDE SC.
There are three methods to install libbalooxapian4 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 libbalooxapian4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbalooxapian4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbalooxapian4
Install libbalooxapian4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbalooxapian4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbalooxapian4
Install libbalooxapian4 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 libbalooxapian4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbalooxapian4
How To Uninstall libbalooxapian4 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libbalooxapian4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbalooxapian4
Uninstall libbalooxapian4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbalooxapian4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbalooxapian4
Remove libbalooxapian4 Configurations and Data
To remove libbalooxapian4 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbalooxapian4
Remove libbalooxapian4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbalooxapian4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbalooxapian4
Dependencies
libbalooxapian4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbalooxapian4 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.