How To Install libexo-helpers on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexo-helpers on Debian 9. libexo-helpers is helpers for the exo library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexo-helpers on Debian 9.

What is libexo-helpers

libexo-helpers is:

This package contains the helper files in use by exo library for its preferred applications framework.

There are three methods to install libexo-helpers 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 libexo-helpers Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libexo-helpers

Install libexo-helpers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libexo-helpers

Install libexo-helpers 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 libexo-helpers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libexo-helpers

How To Uninstall libexo-helpers on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libexo-helpers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libexo-helpers

Uninstall libexo-helpers And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexo-helpers

Remove libexo-helpers Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libexo-helpers

Remove libexo-helpers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexo-helpers

Dependencies

libexo-helpers have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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