How To Install xdg-desktop-portal-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal-dev on Debian 9. xdg-desktop-portal-dev is desktop integration portal for Flatpak - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal-dev on Debian 9.

What is xdg-desktop-portal-dev

xdg-desktop-portal-dev is:

xdg-desktop-portal provides a portal frontend service for Flatpak, and possibly other desktop containment/sandboxing frameworks. This service is made available to the sandboxed application, and provides mediated D-Bus interfaces for file access, URI opening, printing and similar desktop integration features. See the xdg-desktop-portal package’s description for more details.

This package contains development files for backends such as xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.

There are three methods to install xdg-desktop-portal-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 xdg-desktop-portal-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 xdg-desktop-portal-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xdg-desktop-portal-dev

Install xdg-desktop-portal-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xdg-desktop-portal-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xdg-desktop-portal-dev

Install xdg-desktop-portal-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 xdg-desktop-portal-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xdg-desktop-portal-dev

How To Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the xdg-desktop-portal-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xdg-desktop-portal-dev

Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdg-desktop-portal-dev

Remove xdg-desktop-portal-dev Configurations and Data

To remove xdg-desktop-portal-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xdg-desktop-portal-dev

Remove xdg-desktop-portal-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xdg-desktop-portal-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdg-desktop-portal-dev

Dependencies

xdg-desktop-portal-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.