How To Install libkscreenlocker5 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkscreenlocker5 on Debian 12.
What is libkscreenlocker5
libkscreenlocker5 is:
KDE systemsettings module to configure kscreenlocker.
kscreenlocker can be configured to support the PAM (“Pluggable Authentication Modules”) system for password checking (for unlocking the display).
PAM is a flexible application-transparent configurable user-authentication system found on FreeBSD, Solaris, and Linux (and maybe other unixes).
Information about PAM may be found on its homepage http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ (Despite the location, this information is NOT Linux-specific.)
This package contains the library files for kscreenlocker.
There are three methods to install libkscreenlocker5 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 libkscreenlocker5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkscreenlocker5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkscreenlocker5
Install libkscreenlocker5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkscreenlocker5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkscreenlocker5
Install libkscreenlocker5 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 libkscreenlocker5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkscreenlocker5
How To Uninstall libkscreenlocker5 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libkscreenlocker5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkscreenlocker5
Uninstall libkscreenlocker5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkscreenlocker5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkscreenlocker5
Remove libkscreenlocker5 Configurations and Data
To remove libkscreenlocker5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkscreenlocker5
Remove libkscreenlocker5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkscreenlocker5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkscreenlocker5
Dependencies
libkscreenlocker5 have the following dependencies:
- psmisc
- kio
- kpackagetool5
- libc6
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5configgui5
- libkf5configqml5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5crash5
- libkf5declarative5
- libkf5globalaccel-bin
- libkf5globalaccel5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5idletime5
- libkf5kiocore5
- libkf5notifications5
- libkf5package5
- libkf5quickaddons5
- libkf5screendpms8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkscreenlocker5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
