How To Install gnome-software on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-software on Debian 9. gnome-software is Software Center for GNOME

Introduction

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

What is gnome-software

gnome-software is:

Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.

Software uses a plugin architecture to separate the frontend from the technologies that are used underneath. Currently, a PackageKit plugin provides data from a number of traditional packaging systems, such as rpm or apt. An appdata plugin provides additional metadata from locally installed data in the appdata format.

There are three methods to install gnome-software 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-software 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-software using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-software

Install gnome-software Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-software

Install gnome-software 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-software using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-software

How To Uninstall gnome-software on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-software

Uninstall gnome-software And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-software

Remove gnome-software Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-software

Remove gnome-software configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-software

Dependencies

gnome-software have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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