How To Install dolphin-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install dolphin-dev on Debian 9. dolphin-dev is file manager - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dolphin-dev on Debian 9.

What is dolphin-dev

dolphin-dev is:

Contains DBus interface XML files to access dolphin via the DBus org.freedesktop.FileManager1 interface.

There are three methods to install dolphin-dev 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 dolphin-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dolphin-dev

Install dolphin-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dolphin-dev

Install dolphin-dev 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 dolphin-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dolphin-dev

How To Uninstall dolphin-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the dolphin-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dolphin-dev

Uninstall dolphin-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dolphin-dev

Remove dolphin-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dolphin-dev

Remove dolphin-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dolphin-dev

Dependencies

dolphin-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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