How To Install gshare on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gshare on Debian 9. gshare is Easy user-level file sharing for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gshare on Debian 9.

What is gshare

gshare is:

GShare is a small GNOME application that allows easy user-level file sharing via FTP. DNS-SD is used to publish the share on the local network.

There are three methods to install gshare 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 gshare Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gshare

Install gshare Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gshare using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gshare

Install gshare 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 gshare using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gshare

How To Uninstall gshare on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gshare package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gshare

Uninstall gshare And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gshare

Remove gshare Configurations and Data

To remove gshare configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gshare

Remove gshare configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gshare

Dependencies

gshare have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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