How To Install libkf5sane5 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5sane5 on Debian 11.
What is libkf5sane5
libkf5sane5 is:
The KDE scanner library provides an API and widgets for using scanners and other imaging devices supported by SANE.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libkf5sane5 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libkf5sane5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkf5sane5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkf5sane5
Install libkf5sane5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkf5sane5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkf5sane5
Install libkf5sane5 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 libkf5sane5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkf5sane5
How To Uninstall libkf5sane5 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libkf5sane5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkf5sane5
Uninstall libkf5sane5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkf5sane5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkf5sane5
Remove libkf5sane5 Configurations and Data
To remove libkf5sane5 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkf5sane5
Remove libkf5sane5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkf5sane5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkf5sane5
Dependencies
libkf5sane5 have the following dependencies:
- libkf5sane-data
- libc6
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5textwidgets5
- libkf5wallet-bin
- libkf5wallet5
- libkf5widgetsaddons5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5widgets5
- libsane1
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5sane5 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
