How To Install gnome-software-plugin-limba on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-software-plugin-limba on Debian 9. gnome-software-plugin-limba is Limba support for GNOME Software

Introduction

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

What is gnome-software-plugin-limba

gnome-software-plugin-limba 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.

This package contains the Limba plugin.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-software-plugin-limba

Install gnome-software-plugin-limba Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-software-plugin-limba

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-software-plugin-limba

How To Uninstall gnome-software-plugin-limba on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-software-plugin-limba

Uninstall gnome-software-plugin-limba And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-software-plugin-limba

Remove gnome-software-plugin-limba Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-software-plugin-limba

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

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

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

Dependencies

gnome-software-plugin-limba have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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