How To Install gkdebconf on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkdebconf on Debian 10.
What is gkdebconf
gkdebconf is:
This is a program that helps one using the “dpkg-reconfigure” tool. It is basically a graphical frontend. It makes life easier showing a simple menu of packages which can be reconfigured with Debconf and the Debconf frontends that can be used for the reconfiguration.
There are three methods to install gkdebconf 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 gkdebconf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gkdebconf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gkdebconf
Install gkdebconf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gkdebconf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gkdebconf
Install gkdebconf 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 gkdebconf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gkdebconf
How To Uninstall gkdebconf on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gkdebconf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gkdebconf
Uninstall gkdebconf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gkdebconf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkdebconf
Remove gkdebconf Configurations and Data
To remove gkdebconf configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gkdebconf
Remove gkdebconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gkdebconf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkdebconf
Dependencies
gkdebconf have the following dependencies:
- debconf
- gettext-base
- ssh-askpass
- sudo
- xterm
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libc6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkdebconf package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
