How To Install desktop-file-utils on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install desktop-file-utils on Debian 11.
What is desktop-file-utils
desktop-file-utils is:
Some utilities to make dealing with .desktop files easier:
- update-desktop-database – update the desktop-MIME mapping
- desktop-file-validate – validate a desktop file
- desktop-file-install – install a desktop file, munging en route.
There are three methods to install desktop-file-utils 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 desktop-file-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install desktop-file-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install desktop-file-utils
Install desktop-file-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install desktop-file-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install desktop-file-utils
Install desktop-file-utils 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 desktop-file-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install desktop-file-utils
How To Uninstall desktop-file-utils on Debian 11
To uninstall only the desktop-file-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove desktop-file-utils
Uninstall desktop-file-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall desktop-file-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove desktop-file-utils
Remove desktop-file-utils Configurations and Data
To remove desktop-file-utils configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge desktop-file-utils
Remove desktop-file-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove desktop-file-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge desktop-file-utils
Dependencies
desktop-file-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install desktop-file-utils package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
