How To Install libpolkit-gobject-1-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolkit-gobject-1-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpolkit-gobject-1-dev
libpolkit-gobject-1-dev is:
PolicyKit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
This package contains the development files for the library found in libpolkit-gobject-1-0.
Package: libpolkit-gobject-1-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.105-26ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: policykit-1 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 574 Depends: gir1.2-polkit-1.0 (= 0.105-26ubuntu1), libglib2.0-dev, libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (= 0.105-26ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/p/policykit-1/libpolkit-gobject-1-dev_0.105-26ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 58848 MD5sum: 304d76b006e815e1efbf61b610a213b0 SHA1: 5ba6b413565608ff4e9f13b14d3b6ffc38c0ad92 SHA256: 8beb94391813b05359be51d0ea79cf07cf203e544e3d0b3252d2447f929f4465 Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/ Description-en: PolicyKit Authorization API - development files PolicyKit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
This package contains the development files for the library found in libpolkit-gobject-1-0.
There are three methods to install libpolkit-gobject-1-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 libpolkit-gobject-1-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 libpolkit-gobject-1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpolkit-gobject-1-dev
Install libpolkit-gobject-1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpolkit-gobject-1-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpolkit-gobject-1-dev
Install libpolkit-gobject-1-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 libpolkit-gobject-1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpolkit-gobject-1-dev
How To Uninstall libpolkit-gobject-1-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpolkit-gobject-1-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpolkit-gobject-1-dev
Uninstall libpolkit-gobject-1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpolkit-gobject-1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpolkit-gobject-1-dev
Remove libpolkit-gobject-1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpolkit-gobject-1-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpolkit-gobject-1-dev
Remove libpolkit-gobject-1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpolkit-gobject-1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpolkit-gobject-1-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolkit-gobject-1-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
