How To Install libdebconf-kde1 on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdebconf-kde1 on Ubuntu.

What is `libdebconf-kde1`

libdebconf-kde1 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 the Debconf KDE library

There are three methods to install libdebconf-kde1 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdebconf-kde1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdebconf-kde1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdebconf-kde1

Install libdebconf-kde1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdebconf-kde1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdebconf-kde1

Install libdebconf-kde1 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 libdebconf-kde1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdebconf-kde1

How To Uninstall libdebconf-kde1 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libdebconf-kde1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdebconf-kde1

Uninstall libdebconf-kde1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdebconf-kde1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdebconf-kde1

Remove libdebconf-kde1 Configurations and Data

To remove libdebconf-kde1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdebconf-kde1

Remove libdebconf-kde1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdebconf-kde1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdebconf-kde1

Dependencies

libdebconf-kde1 have the following dependencies:

References

libdebconf-kde1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdebconf-kde1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.