How To Install appstream-glib-doc on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install appstream-glib-doc on Debian 11.
What is appstream-glib-doc
appstream-glib-doc is:
AppStream is a cross-distribution effort for creating and sharing metadata about software components available in the package repositories of a distribution.
This package provides developer documentation for the libappstream-glib library.
There are three methods to install appstream-glib-doc 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 appstream-glib-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install appstream-glib-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install appstream-glib-doc
Install appstream-glib-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install appstream-glib-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install appstream-glib-doc
Install appstream-glib-doc 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 appstream-glib-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install appstream-glib-doc
How To Uninstall appstream-glib-doc on Debian 11
To uninstall only the appstream-glib-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove appstream-glib-doc
Uninstall appstream-glib-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall appstream-glib-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove appstream-glib-doc
Remove appstream-glib-doc Configurations and Data
To remove appstream-glib-doc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge appstream-glib-doc
Remove appstream-glib-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove appstream-glib-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge appstream-glib-doc
Dependencies
appstream-glib-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install appstream-glib-doc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.