How To Install flatpak-builder on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak-builder on Debian 10.
What is flatpak-builder
flatpak-builder is:
Flatpak installs, manages and runs sandboxed desktop application bundles. See the flatpak package for a more comprehensive description.
flatpak-builder is a tool that makes it easy to build applications and their dependencies by automating the configure && make && make install steps.
There are three methods to install flatpak-builder on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install flatpak-builder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flatpak-builder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flatpak-builder
Install flatpak-builder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flatpak-builder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flatpak-builder
Install flatpak-builder 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 flatpak-builder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flatpak-builder
How To Uninstall flatpak-builder on Debian 10
To uninstall only the flatpak-builder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flatpak-builder
Uninstall flatpak-builder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flatpak-builder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flatpak-builder
Remove flatpak-builder Configurations and Data
To remove flatpak-builder configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flatpak-builder
Remove flatpak-builder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flatpak-builder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flatpak-builder
Dependencies
flatpak-builder have the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-flatpak-1.0
- flatpak
- ostree
- libc6
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libelf1
- libglib2.0-0
- libjson-glib-1.0-0
- libostree-1-1
- libsoup2.4-1
- libxml2
- libyaml-0-2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak-builder package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.