How To Install libkvilib5 on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkvilib5 on Debian 12.

What is libkvilib5

libkvilib5 is:

A highly configurable graphical IRC client with an MDI interface, built-in scripting language, support for IRC DCC, drag & drop file browsing, and much more. KVIrc uses the KDE widget set, can be extended using its own scripting language, integrates with KDE, and supports custom plugins.

This package contains the main library of KVIrc.

There are three methods to install libkvilib5 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 libkvilib5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkvilib5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkvilib5

Install libkvilib5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkvilib5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkvilib5

Install libkvilib5 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 libkvilib5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkvilib5

How To Uninstall libkvilib5 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libkvilib5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkvilib5

Uninstall libkvilib5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkvilib5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkvilib5

Remove libkvilib5 Configurations and Data

To remove libkvilib5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkvilib5

Remove libkvilib5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkvilib5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkvilib5

Dependencies

libkvilib5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libkf5xmlgui5
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5dbus5
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5webkit5
• libqt5widgets5
• libssl3
• libstdc++6
• zlib1g

References

• libkvilib5 website
• libkvilib5 on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkvilib5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.