How To Install gir1.2-glib-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-glib-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04. gir1.2-glib-2.0 is Introspection data for GLib, GObject, Gio and GModule Introspection data for GLib, GObject, Gio and GModule

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-glib-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gir1.2-glib-2.0

gir1.2-glib-2.0 is:

GObject Introspection is a project for providing machine readable introspection data of the API of C libraries. This introspection data can be used in several different use cases, for example automatic code generation for bindings, API verification and documentation generation.

GObject Introspection contains tools to generate and handle the introspection data.

This package contains the introspection data for the GLib, GObject, GModule and Gio libraries. Task: minimal

Package: gir1.2-glib-2.0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.64.0-2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: important Section: introspection Source: gobject-introspection Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 649 Provides: gir1.2-gio-2.0 (= 1.64.0-2), gir1.2-girepository-2.0 (= 1.64.0-2), gir1.2-gmodule-2.0 (= 1.64.0-2), gir1.2-gobject-2.0 (= 1.64.0-2) Depends: libgirepository-1.0-1 (>= 1.59.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.63.3) Filename: pool/main/g/gobject-introspection/gir1.2-glib-2.0_1.64.0-2_amd64.deb Size: 133944 MD5sum: 4f0f2ea80764fa217c1d728b30500d02 SHA1: 3e3d993dc4f55486b187d1891e2440d346597fbb SHA256: 3f58d52db36e039c170781eb7918ffd8ba4fd107772858129432663b439b75b1 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/GObjectIntrospection Description-en: Introspection data for GLib, GObject, Gio and GModule GObject Introspection is a project for providing machine readable introspection data of the API of C libraries. This introspection data can be used in several different use cases, for example automatic code generation for bindings, API verification and documentation generation.

GObject Introspection contains tools to generate and handle the introspection data.

This package contains the introspection data for the GLib, GObject, GModule and Gio libraries. Task: minimal

There are three methods to install gir1.2-glib-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gir1.2-glib-2.0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-glib-2.0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gir1.2-glib-2.0

Install gir1.2-glib-2.0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-glib-2.0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gir1.2-glib-2.0

Install gir1.2-glib-2.0 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 gir1.2-glib-2.0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gir1.2-glib-2.0

How To Uninstall gir1.2-glib-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gir1.2-glib-2.0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gir1.2-glib-2.0

Uninstall gir1.2-glib-2.0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gir1.2-glib-2.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gir1.2-glib-2.0

Remove gir1.2-glib-2.0 Configurations and Data

To remove gir1.2-glib-2.0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gir1.2-glib-2.0

Remove gir1.2-glib-2.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gir1.2-glib-2.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gir1.2-glib-2.0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-glib-2.0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.