How To Install dbus-broker on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-broker on Debian 11.
What is dbus-broker
dbus-broker is:
The dbus-broker project is an implementation of a message bus as defined by the D-Bus specification. Its aim is to provide high performance and reliability, while keeping compatibility to the D-Bus reference implementation. It is exclusively written for Linux systems, and makes use of many modern features provided by recent Linux kernel releases.
There are three methods to install dbus-broker 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 dbus-broker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dbus-broker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dbus-broker
Install dbus-broker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dbus-broker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dbus-broker
Install dbus-broker 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 dbus-broker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dbus-broker
How To Uninstall dbus-broker on Debian 11
To uninstall only the dbus-broker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dbus-broker
Uninstall dbus-broker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dbus-broker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dbus-broker
Remove dbus-broker Configurations and Data
To remove dbus-broker configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dbus-broker
Remove dbus-broker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dbus-broker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dbus-broker
Dependencies
dbus-broker have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-broker package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.