How To Install plasma-mobile on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-mobile on Debian 12.
What is plasma-mobile
plasma-mobile is:
Plasma Mobile is an open-source user interface and ecosystem targeted at mobile devices, built on the KDE Plasma stack.
A pragmatic approach is taken that is inclusive to software regardless of toolkit, giving users the power to choose whichever software they want to use on their device.
Plasma Mobile aims to contribute to and implement open standards, and is developed in a transparent process that is open for anyone to participate in.
There are three methods to install plasma-mobile 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-mobile 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-mobile using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-mobile
Install plasma-mobile Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-mobile using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-mobile
Install plasma-mobile 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-mobile using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-mobile
How To Uninstall plasma-mobile on Debian 12
To uninstall only the plasma-mobile package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-mobile
Uninstall plasma-mobile And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-mobile and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-mobile
Remove plasma-mobile Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-mobile configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-mobile
Remove plasma-mobile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-mobile configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-mobile
Dependencies
plasma-mobile have the following dependencies:
- bluedevil
- breeze-icon-theme
- fonts-mplus
- fonts-oxygen
- kpeople-vcard
- maliit-keyboard
- milou
- pipewire
- plasma-nano
- plasma-nm
- plasma-pa
- plasma-settings
- plasma-workspace
- plasma-workspace-wayland
- powerdevil
- qml-module-org-kde-activities
- qml-module-org-kde-bluezqt
- qml-module-org-kde-kio
- qml-module-org-kde-kirigami2
- qml-module-org-kde-kirigami-addons-labs-mobileform
- qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrols
- qml-module-org-kde-people
- qml-module-org-kde-pipewire
- qml-module-org-kde-qqc2breezestyle
- qml-module-qtfeedback
- qml-module-qtquick-localstorage
- xdg-desktop-portal-kde
- kio
- kpackagetool5
- libc6
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5configgui5
- libkf5configwidgets5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5kiocore5
- libkf5kiogui5
- libkf5kiowidgets5
- libkf5modemmanagerqt6
- libkf5networkmanagerqt6
- libkf5notifications5
- libkf5package5
- libkf5plasma5
- libkf5quickaddons5
- libkf5service-bin
- libkf5service5
- libkf5waylandclient5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-mobile package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
