How To Install libkio5 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkio5 on Debian 9. libkio5 is Network-enabled File Management Library for the KDE Platform

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkio5 on Debian 9.

What is libkio5

libkio5 is:

This library implements almost all the file management functions you will ever need. In fact, the KDE file manager, Konqueror also uses this to provide its network-enabled file management. This library also implements the KDE file selector widget.

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

There are three methods to install libkio5 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 libkio5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkio5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkio5

Install libkio5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkio5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkio5

Install libkio5 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 libkio5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkio5

How To Uninstall libkio5 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libkio5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkio5

Uninstall libkio5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkio5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkio5

Remove libkio5 Configurations and Data

To remove libkio5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkio5

Remove libkio5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkio5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkio5

Dependencies

libkio5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkio5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.