How To Install plasma-settings on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-settings on Debian 12.
What is plasma-settings
plasma-settings is:
This package contains configuration modules for the Plasma mobile environment, allowing the user to modify in a graphical interface, various configurations related to audio, Bluetooth, monitor, default applications, virtual keyboard, notifications, time and date, localization, network modem, and other components of the Plasma environment.
It is based on Qt graphical libraries and KDE Frameworks. In particular, it relies on Kirigami so its user interface can fit a variety of display sizes. However, it has been optimized for touch devices, so desktop users should install the ‘systemsettings’ package instead.
There are three methods to install plasma-settings 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-settings 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-settings using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-settings
Install plasma-settings Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-settings using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-settings
Install plasma-settings 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-settings using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-settings
How To Uninstall plasma-settings on Debian 12
To uninstall only the plasma-settings package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-settings
Uninstall plasma-settings And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-settings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-settings
Remove plasma-settings Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-settings configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-settings
Remove plasma-settings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-settings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-settings
Dependencies
plasma-settings have the following dependencies:
- plasma-framework
- qml-module-org-kde-kcm
- qml-module-org-kde-kirigami-addons-labs-mobileform
- qml-module-org-kde-kirigami2
- kpackagetool5
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5dbusaddons5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5modemmanagerqt6
- libkf5networkmanagerqt6
- libkf5package5
- libkf5quickaddons5
- libkf5solid5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5qml5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5xml5
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-settings package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
