How To Install plasma-workspace on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-workspace on Debian 11.
What is plasma-workspace
plasma-workspace is:
Plasma Workspace for KF5. Workspaces provide support for KDE Plasma Widgets, integrated search, hardware management and a high degree of customizability.
THIS WILL REMOVE YOUR KDE Plasma 4.
There are three methods to install plasma-workspace on Debian 11. 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-workspace 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-workspace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-workspace
Install plasma-workspace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-workspace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-workspace
Install plasma-workspace 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-workspace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-workspace
How To Uninstall plasma-workspace on Debian 11
To uninstall only the plasma-workspace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-workspace
Uninstall plasma-workspace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-workspace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-workspace
Remove plasma-workspace Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-workspace configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-workspace
Remove plasma-workspace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-workspace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-workspace
Dependencies
plasma-workspace have the following dependencies:
- default-dbus-session-bus
- drkonqi
- frameworkintegration
- gdb-minimal
- iso-codes
- kactivitymanagerd
- kded5
- kinit
- kio
- kwin-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-workspace package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
