How To Install libkdeclarative5 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdeclarative5 on Debian 9. libkdeclarative5 is declarative library for plasma

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdeclarative5 on Debian 9.

What is libkdeclarative5

libkdeclarative5 is:

This library provides plasma bindings for Qt Quick

This package contains experimental software and should not be used in production environment

This package is part of the KDE Development Platform libraries module.

There are three methods to install libkdeclarative5 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 libkdeclarative5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkdeclarative5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkdeclarative5

Install libkdeclarative5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkdeclarative5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkdeclarative5

Install libkdeclarative5 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 libkdeclarative5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkdeclarative5

How To Uninstall libkdeclarative5 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libkdeclarative5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkdeclarative5

Uninstall libkdeclarative5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkdeclarative5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkdeclarative5

Remove libkdeclarative5 Configurations and Data

To remove libkdeclarative5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkdeclarative5

Remove libkdeclarative5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkdeclarative5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkdeclarative5

Dependencies

libkdeclarative5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdeclarative5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.