How To Install libkomparediff2-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkomparediff2-dev on Debian 9.
What is libkomparediff2-dev
libkomparediff2-dev is:
This package contains a library used to compare files and strings, and is used in Kompare and KDevelop.
This package contains development headers for the kompare library.
This package is part of the KDE Software Development Kit module.
There are three methods to install libkomparediff2-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 libkomparediff2-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 libkomparediff2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkomparediff2-dev
Install libkomparediff2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkomparediff2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkomparediff2-dev
Install libkomparediff2-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 libkomparediff2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkomparediff2-dev
How To Uninstall libkomparediff2-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libkomparediff2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkomparediff2-dev
Uninstall libkomparediff2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkomparediff2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkomparediff2-dev
Remove libkomparediff2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libkomparediff2-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkomparediff2-dev
Remove libkomparediff2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkomparediff2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkomparediff2-dev
Dependencies
libkomparediff2-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkomparediff2-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.