How To Install libkpipewire5 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libkpipewire5 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libkpipewire5 is KDEs Pipewire libraries - libkpipewire5 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkpipewire5 on Debian 12.

What is libkpipewire5

libkpipewire5 is:

Components for rendering and recording PipeWire streams using Qt.

This package contains the kpipewire main library.

There are three methods to install libkpipewire5 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libkpipewire5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkpipewire5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkpipewire5

Install libkpipewire5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkpipewire5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkpipewire5

Install libkpipewire5 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 libkpipewire5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkpipewire5

How To Uninstall libkpipewire5 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libkpipewire5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkpipewire5

Uninstall libkpipewire5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkpipewire5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkpipewire5

Remove libkpipewire5 Configurations and Data

To remove libkpipewire5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkpipewire5

Remove libkpipewire5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkpipewire5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkpipewire5

Dependencies

libkpipewire5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkpipewire5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.