How To Install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev on Kali Linux. libkf5kdelibs4support-dev is development files for kde4support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libkf5kdelibs4support-dev

libkf5kdelibs4support-dev is:

This framework provides code and utilities to ease the transition from kdelibs 4 to KDE Frameworks 5. This includes CMake macros and C++ classes whose functionality has been replaced by code in CMake, Qt and other frameworks.

Code should aim to port away from this framework eventually. The API documentation of the classes in this framework and the notes at http://community.kde.org/Frameworks/Porting_Notes should help with this.

Note that some of the classes in this framework, especially KStandardDirs, may not work correctly unless any libraries and other software using the KDE4 Support framework are installed to the same location as KDE4Support, although it may be sufficient to set the KDEDIRS environment variable correctly.

Contains development files for kde4support.

There are three methods to install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev

Install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev

Install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev

How To Uninstall libkf5kdelibs4support-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libkf5kdelibs4support-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkf5kdelibs4support-dev

Uninstall libkf5kdelibs4support-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkf5kdelibs4support-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkf5kdelibs4support-dev

Remove libkf5kdelibs4support-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libkf5kdelibs4support-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkf5kdelibs4support-dev

Remove libkf5kdelibs4support-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkf5kdelibs4support-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkf5kdelibs4support-dev

Dependencies

libkf5kdelibs4support-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5kdelibs4support-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.