How To Install libpackagekit-glib2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekit-glib2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpackagekit-glib2-dev
libpackagekit-glib2-dev is:
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
This package provides the header files and documentation for the advanced PackageKit library based on GLib. It makes use of only async D-Bus calls and provides high level tasks which peform the “transaction dance”.
Package: libpackagekit-glib2-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.1.13-2ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: libdevel Source: packagekit Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1323 Depends: gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 (= 1.1.13-2ubuntu1), libdbus-1-dev, libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.26), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (= 1.1.13-2ubuntu1), libsqlite3-dev Filename: pool/main/p/packagekit/libpackagekit-glib2-dev_1.1.13-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 77848 MD5sum: 243db5f00a69d0abd1b85abc52b591c4 SHA1: cdc9827159bb629f6b8be1d4337f156dcb42a9f9 SHA256: 3f9326fdce159a64b0aa2e9e7e2a135c943dccd56399958e48f2335a2dc18fe4 Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/ Description-en: Library for accessing PackageKit using GLib (development files) PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
This package provides the header files and documentation for the advanced PackageKit library based on GLib. It makes use of only async D-Bus calls and provides high level tasks which peform the “transaction dance”.
There are three methods to install libpackagekit-glib2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpackagekit-glib2-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 libpackagekit-glib2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpackagekit-glib2-dev
Install libpackagekit-glib2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpackagekit-glib2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpackagekit-glib2-dev
Install libpackagekit-glib2-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpackagekit-glib2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpackagekit-glib2-dev
How To Uninstall libpackagekit-glib2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpackagekit-glib2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpackagekit-glib2-dev
Uninstall libpackagekit-glib2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpackagekit-glib2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpackagekit-glib2-dev
Remove libpackagekit-glib2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpackagekit-glib2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpackagekit-glib2-dev
Remove libpackagekit-glib2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpackagekit-glib2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpackagekit-glib2-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekit-glib2-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
