How To Install plasma-disks on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-disks on Debian 12.
What is plasma-disks
plasma-disks is:
This package provides a plugin for the KDE user daemon and the corresponding Plasma configuration widget for monitoring devices with S.M.A.R.T. support and alerting the user in case of imminent failure.
There are three methods to install plasma-disks 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 plasma-disks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-disks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-disks
Install plasma-disks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-disks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-disks
Install plasma-disks 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 plasma-disks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-disks
How To Uninstall plasma-disks on Debian 12
To uninstall only the plasma-disks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-disks
Uninstall plasma-disks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-disks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-disks
Remove plasma-disks Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-disks configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-disks
Remove plasma-disks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-disks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-disks
Dependencies
plasma-disks have the following dependencies:
- qml-module-org-kde-kcm
- qml-module-org-kde-kirigami2
- qml-module-qtqml-models2
- qml-module-qtquick-controls2
- smartmontools
- libc6
- libkf5authcore5
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5dbusaddons5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5kiogui5
- libkf5notifications5
- libkf5quickaddons5
- libkf5service-bin
- libkf5service5
- libkf5solid5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5qml5
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-disks package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
