How To Install syncevolution-libs on Debian 10

Learn how to install syncevolution-libs on Debian 10 with this tutorial. syncevolution-libs is Sync personal information data via SyncML/CalDAV/CardDAV (backend libraries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syncevolution-libs on Debian 10.

What is syncevolution-libs

syncevolution-libs is:

SyncEvolution synchronizes contact, calendar and task items via SyncML and CalDAV/CardDAV with other servers or devices. It uses the Evolution Data Server to sync PIM data in Evolution, but a plain file storage is also supported. Data exchange can happen via HTTP(S) and Bluetooth. Full, one-way and incremental synchronization of items are supported. SyncEvolution can act as a SyncML/DAV client and SyncML server.

This package provides private libraries and plugins.

There are three methods to install syncevolution-libs on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install syncevolution-libs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install syncevolution-libs

Install syncevolution-libs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install syncevolution-libs

Install syncevolution-libs 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 syncevolution-libs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install syncevolution-libs

How To Uninstall syncevolution-libs on Debian 10

To uninstall only the syncevolution-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove syncevolution-libs

Uninstall syncevolution-libs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall syncevolution-libs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove syncevolution-libs

Remove syncevolution-libs Configurations and Data

To remove syncevolution-libs configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge syncevolution-libs

Remove syncevolution-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syncevolution-libs

Dependencies

syncevolution-libs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install syncevolution-libs package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.