How To Install dbus-system-bus-common on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-system-bus-common on Debian 12.
What is dbus-system-bus-common
dbus-system-bus-common 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 the configuration files defining the behaviour of the D-Bus system bus, used for system services such as networking and storage management services. It is also responsible for creating the ‘messagebus’ system user account used to run the system bus. These are used by the reference implementation in the dbus package, and by the reimplementation in the dbus-broker package.
To provide a complete D-Bus system bus, install one of the packages that implement the dbus-system-bus virtual package, such as dbus. The recommended implementation is indicated by the default-dbus-system-bus virtual package.
There are three methods to install dbus-system-bus-common 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-system-bus-common 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-system-bus-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dbus-system-bus-common
Install dbus-system-bus-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dbus-system-bus-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dbus-system-bus-common
Install dbus-system-bus-common 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-system-bus-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dbus-system-bus-common
How To Uninstall dbus-system-bus-common on Debian 12
To uninstall only the dbus-system-bus-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dbus-system-bus-common
Uninstall dbus-system-bus-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dbus-system-bus-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dbus-system-bus-common
Remove dbus-system-bus-common Configurations and Data
To remove dbus-system-bus-common configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dbus-system-bus-common
Remove dbus-system-bus-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dbus-system-bus-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dbus-system-bus-common
Dependencies
dbus-system-bus-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-system-bus-common package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
