How To Install libgksu2-0 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgksu2-0 on Debian 9.
What is libgksu2-0
libgksu2-0 is:
This library comes from the gksu program. It provides a simple API to use su and sudo in programs that need to execute tasks as other user. It provides X authentication facilities for running programs in an X session.
There are three methods to install libgksu2-0 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 libgksu2-0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgksu2-0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgksu2-0
Install libgksu2-0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgksu2-0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgksu2-0
Install libgksu2-0 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 libgksu2-0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgksu2-0
How To Uninstall libgksu2-0 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libgksu2-0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgksu2-0
Uninstall libgksu2-0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgksu2-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgksu2-0
Remove libgksu2-0 Configurations and Data
To remove libgksu2-0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgksu2-0
Remove libgksu2-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgksu2-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgksu2-0
Dependencies
libgksu2-0 have the following dependencies:
- gconf-service
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgconf-2-4
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnome-keyring0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libgtop-2.0-10
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libstartup-notification0
- libx11-6
- gconf2
- xauth
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgksu2-0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
