How To Install blueman on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blueman on Debian 11.
What is blueman
blueman is:
Blueman is a GTK+ bluetooth management utility for GNOME using bluez D-Bus backend.
There are three methods to install blueman on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install blueman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install blueman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blueman
Install blueman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install blueman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blueman
Install blueman 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 blueman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blueman
How To Uninstall blueman on Debian 11
To uninstall only the blueman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blueman
Uninstall blueman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blueman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blueman
Remove blueman Configurations and Data
To remove blueman configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blueman
Remove blueman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blueman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blueman
Dependencies
blueman have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blueman package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.