How To Install libmatepolkit-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatepolkit-dev on Debian 9.
What is libmatepolkit-dev
libmatepolkit-dev is:
The mate-polkit package provides a D-Bus session bus service that is used to bring up authentication dialogs used for obtaining privileges.
This package contains the development files for mate-polkit.
There are three methods to install libmatepolkit-dev 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 libmatepolkit-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmatepolkit-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmatepolkit-dev
Install libmatepolkit-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmatepolkit-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmatepolkit-dev
Install libmatepolkit-dev 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 libmatepolkit-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmatepolkit-dev
How To Uninstall libmatepolkit-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmatepolkit-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmatepolkit-dev
Uninstall libmatepolkit-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmatepolkit-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmatepolkit-dev
Remove libmatepolkit-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmatepolkit-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmatepolkit-dev
Remove libmatepolkit-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmatepolkit-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmatepolkit-dev
Dependencies
libmatepolkit-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatepolkit-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
