which package provides kde-config?

Vincent Lefevre

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Aug 3, 2022, 4:40:05 AM8/3/22

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I'm wondering which package provides kde-config[*].
"apt-file search kde-config" doesn't give any answer.

Note: I currently don't have KDE installed. That's why I'm asking.
I just want to do some check of the kde-config behavior (and
possibly, its code).

[*] https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tools/Using_kde-config

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Anssi Saari

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Aug 3, 2022, 12:30:05 PM8/3/22

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Vincent Lefevre <vin...@vinc17.net> writes:

> I'm wondering which package provides kde-config[*].
> "apt-file search kde-config" doesn't give any answer.
>
> Note: I currently don't have KDE installed. That's why I'm asking.
> I just want to do some check of the kde-config behavior (and
> possibly, its code).
>
> [*] https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tools/Using_kde-config

I do have KDE installed but don't have kde-config. Maybe it's not a
thing in KDE today? That page you linked has a warning about the
content needing review.

hého

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Aug 3, 2022, 2:10:05 PM8/3/22

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Vincent Lefevre a écrit le 03/08/2022 à 10:22 :
> I'm wondering which package provides kde-config[*].
> "apt-file search kde-config" doesn't give any answer.
>
> Note: I currently don't have KDE installed. That's why I'm asking.
> I just want to do some check of the kde-config behavior (and
> possibly, its code).
>
> [*] https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tools/Using_kde-config
>

Hello Vincent,

on an old debian stretch
with only kde plasma-desktop installed
no kde-config to be found but a kde4-config

I get this
$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/kde4-config
kdelibs-bin: /usr/bin/kde4-config

HTH,
heho

Guillermo Galeano Fernández, Lic.

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Aug 3, 2022, 2:50:05 PM8/3/22

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$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Release: 11
Codename: bullseye

$ apt-cache search kde-config
fcitx5-module-quickphrase-editor - Flexible Input Method Framework -
Quick Phrase editor module
kde-config-fcitx - KDE configuration module for Fcitx
kde-config-fcitx5 - KDE configuration module for Fcitx5
kde-config-cron - program scheduler frontend
kde-config-systemd - KDE control center module for Systemd
kde-config-gtk-style - KDE configuration module for GTK+ 2.x and GTK+
3.x styles selection
kde-config-gtk-style-preview - KDE configuration module for GTK+ 2.x
and GTK+ 3.x styles selection (extras)
kde-config-mailtransport - mail transport service KCM
kde-config-screenlocker - KCM Module for kscreenlocker
kde-config-telepathy-accounts - KDE Control Module for managing
Telepathy Accounts
kde-config-cddb - CDDB retrieval configuration
kde-config-mobile-networking - Plasma mobile configuration modules
kde-config-plymouth - KCM for Plymouth
kde-config-sddm - KCM module for SDDM
kde-config-tablet - implements a KDE configuration GUI for the Wacom drivers

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Vincent Lefevre

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Aug 3, 2022, 7:00:05 PM8/3/22

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On 2022-08-03 20:02:39 +0200, hého wrote:
> on an old debian stretch
> with only kde plasma-desktop installed
> no kde-config to be found but a kde4-config
>
> I get this
> $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/kde4-config
> kdelibs-bin: /usr/bin/kde4-config

Thanks. The xdg-utils package uses kde-config, so I've just reported
a bug:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1016607