How To Install dbus on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus on Debian 12.
What is dbus
dbus 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.
D-Bus supports broadcast messages, asynchronous messages (thus decreasing latency), authentication, and more. It is designed to be low-overhead; messages are sent using a binary protocol, not using XML. D-Bus also supports a method call mapping for its messages, but it is not required; this makes using the system quite simple.
It comes with several bindings, including GLib, Python, Qt and Java.
This package provides a fully-functional D-Bus system bus with activation support, used for communication between system services, and depends on most of the other components of the reference implementation of D-Bus.
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 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dbus
Install dbus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dbus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dbus
Install dbus 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dbus
How To Uninstall dbus on Debian 12
To uninstall only the dbus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dbus
Uninstall dbus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dbus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dbus
Remove dbus Configurations and Data
To remove dbus configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dbus
Remove dbus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dbus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dbus
Dependencies
dbus have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
