How To Install dee-tools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install dee-tools on Debian 9. dee-tools is model to synchronize mutiple instances over DBus - tooling

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dee-tools on Debian 9.

What is dee-tools

dee-tools is:

libdee is a shared library that provides objects that help having multiple instances communicating over DBus.

This package contains the tooling for introspecting dee data.

There are three methods to install dee-tools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dee-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dee-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dee-tools

Install dee-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dee-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dee-tools

Install dee-tools 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 dee-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dee-tools

How To Uninstall dee-tools on Debian 9

To uninstall only the dee-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dee-tools

Uninstall dee-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dee-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dee-tools

Remove dee-tools Configurations and Data

To remove dee-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dee-tools

Remove dee-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dee-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dee-tools

Dependencies

dee-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dee-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.