How To Install milou on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install milou on Debian 9.
What is milou
milou is:
Milou can also be used as an alternative to KRunner, and does provide application launching. The main difference is that it concentrates more on searching.
There are three methods to install milou 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 milou Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install milou using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install milou
Install milou Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install milou using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install milou
Install milou 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 milou using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install milou
How To Uninstall milou on Debian 9
To uninstall only the milou package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove milou
Uninstall milou And Its Dependencies
To uninstall milou and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove milou
Remove milou Configurations and Data
To remove milou configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge milou
Remove milou configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove milou configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge milou
Dependencies
milou have the following dependencies:
- plasma-framework
- libc6
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5runner5
- libkf5service-bin
- libkf5service5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5qml5
- libqt5quick5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install milou package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.