How To Install gnome-search-tool on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-search-tool on Debian 9.
What is gnome-search-tool
gnome-search-tool is:
This application can search for files in a given directory, matching their names or contents.
It doesn’t require any indexation tool, and as such is lightweight but slow.
There are three methods to install gnome-search-tool 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-search-tool 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-search-tool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-search-tool
Install gnome-search-tool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-search-tool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-search-tool
Install gnome-search-tool 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-search-tool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-search-tool
How To Uninstall gnome-search-tool on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnome-search-tool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-search-tool
Uninstall gnome-search-tool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-search-tool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-search-tool
Remove gnome-search-tool Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-search-tool configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-search-tool
Remove gnome-search-tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-search-tool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-search-tool
Dependencies
gnome-search-tool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-search-tool package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
