How To Install dbus-daemon on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-daemon
on Debian 12.
What is dbus-daemon
dbus-daemon is:
D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity.
This package contains dbus-daemon, the reference implementation of a D-Bus message bus, and dbus-run-session, a utility to start a temporary session dbus-daemon in a constrained environment or for automated tests.
To provide a complete D-Bus session bus, install one of the packages that implement the dbus-session-bus virtual package, such as dbus-user-session. The recommended implementation is indicated by the default-dbus-session-bus virtual package.
There are three methods to install dbus-daemon
on Debian 12. 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-daemon 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-daemon
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dbus-daemon
Install dbus-daemon Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dbus-daemon
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dbus-daemon
Install dbus-daemon 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-daemon
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dbus-daemon
How To Uninstall dbus-daemon on Debian 12
To uninstall only the dbus-daemon
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dbus-daemon
Uninstall dbus-daemon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dbus-daemon
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dbus-daemon
Remove dbus-daemon Configurations and Data
To remove dbus-daemon
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dbus-daemon
Remove dbus-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dbus-daemon
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dbus-daemon
Dependencies
dbus-daemon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-daemon
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.