How To Install debconf-kde-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-kde-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is debconf-kde-dbg
debconf-kde-dbg is:
Debconf KDE is a GUI library for including Debconf frontends in Qt-based applications. Debconf is a configuration management system for Debian packages, which is used to ask questions when they are installed. This library is written in C++ and used by Apper and Muon to embed Debconf dialogs.
This package contains debugging symbols for Debconf KDE. When Debconf KDE crashes, in most cases this package is needed to get a backtrace that is useful for developers. If you have experienced a Debconf KDE crash without this package installed, please install it, try to reproduce the problem and fill a bug report with a new backtrace attached.
There are three methods to install debconf-kde-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install debconf-kde-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debconf-kde-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debconf-kde-dbg
Install debconf-kde-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debconf-kde-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debconf-kde-dbg
Install debconf-kde-dbg 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install debconf-kde-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debconf-kde-dbg
How To Uninstall debconf-kde-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the debconf-kde-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debconf-kde-dbg
Uninstall debconf-kde-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debconf-kde-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debconf-kde-dbg
Remove debconf-kde-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove debconf-kde-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debconf-kde-dbg
Remove debconf-kde-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debconf-kde-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debconf-kde-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-kde-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
