How To Install gnome-do-plugins on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-do-plugins on Debian 9. gnome-do-plugins is Extra functionality for GNOME Do

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-do-plugins on Debian 9.

What is gnome-do-plugins

gnome-do-plugins is:

This package provides extra plugins for GNOME Do. It includes plugins for interacting with GMail & Thunderbird contacts, Pidgin IM buddies, searching the Web using Firefox search plugins, and more.

There are three methods to install gnome-do-plugins on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnome-do-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-do-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-do-plugins

Install gnome-do-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-do-plugins using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-do-plugins

Install gnome-do-plugins 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 gnome-do-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-do-plugins

How To Uninstall gnome-do-plugins on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gnome-do-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-do-plugins

Uninstall gnome-do-plugins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-do-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-do-plugins

Remove gnome-do-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-do-plugins configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-do-plugins

Remove gnome-do-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-do-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-do-plugins

Dependencies

gnome-do-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-do-plugins package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.