How To Install libkfilemetadata-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkfilemetadata-dev on Debian 9. libkfilemetadata-dev is library for extracting file metadata – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkfilemetadata-dev on Debian 9.

What is libkfilemetadata-dev

libkfilemetadata-dev is:

A library for extracting file metadata – development headers and cmake files.

There are three methods to install libkfilemetadata-dev 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 libkfilemetadata-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 libkfilemetadata-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkfilemetadata-dev

Install libkfilemetadata-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libkfilemetadata-dev

Install libkfilemetadata-dev 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 libkfilemetadata-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkfilemetadata-dev

How To Uninstall libkfilemetadata-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libkfilemetadata-dev

Uninstall libkfilemetadata-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkfilemetadata-dev

Remove libkfilemetadata-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libkfilemetadata-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkfilemetadata-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libkfilemetadata-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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