How To Install plasma-workspace-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-workspace-dev on Debian 12.
What is plasma-workspace-dev
plasma-workspace-dev is:
Plasma Workspace for KF5. Workspaces provide support for KDE Plasma Widgets, integrated search, hardware management and a high degree of customizability.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install plasma-workspace-dev 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-workspace-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-workspace-dev
Install plasma-workspace-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-workspace-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-workspace-dev
Install plasma-workspace-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-workspace-dev
How To Uninstall plasma-workspace-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the plasma-workspace-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-workspace-dev
Uninstall plasma-workspace-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-workspace-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-workspace-dev
Remove plasma-workspace-dev Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-workspace-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-workspace-dev
Remove plasma-workspace-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-workspace-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-workspace-dev
Dependencies
plasma-workspace-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-workspace-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
