How To Install gpaste on Debian 10

Learn how to install gpaste on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gpaste is Clipboard management system for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpaste on Debian 10.

What is gpaste

gpaste is:

GPaste manages clipboard history and allows easy access to it using keyboard shortcuts, gnome-shell extension, command-line tools, gir bindings.

This package contains the command-line tools, the D-Bus service, the GNOME Control Center key bindings, and desktop/appdata files.

There are three methods to install gpaste 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 gpaste Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gpaste

Install gpaste Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gpaste using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gpaste

Install gpaste 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 gpaste using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gpaste

How To Uninstall gpaste on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gpaste package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gpaste

Uninstall gpaste And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpaste

Remove gpaste Configurations and Data

To remove gpaste configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gpaste

Remove gpaste configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpaste

Dependencies

gpaste have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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