How To Install gir1.2-libmsi0 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-libmsi0 on Debian 9.
What is gir1.2-libmsi0
gir1.2-libmsi0 is:
libmsi provides functions to manipulate Windows Installer (.msi) files, both for reading and writing their contents and querying their databases.
This package contains the GObject introspection repository bindings.
There are three methods to install gir1.2-libmsi0 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 gir1.2-libmsi0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-libmsi0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gir1.2-libmsi0
Install gir1.2-libmsi0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-libmsi0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gir1.2-libmsi0
Install gir1.2-libmsi0 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 gir1.2-libmsi0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gir1.2-libmsi0
How To Uninstall gir1.2-libmsi0 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gir1.2-libmsi0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gir1.2-libmsi0
Uninstall gir1.2-libmsi0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gir1.2-libmsi0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gir1.2-libmsi0
Remove gir1.2-libmsi0 Configurations and Data
To remove gir1.2-libmsi0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gir1.2-libmsi0
Remove gir1.2-libmsi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gir1.2-libmsi0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gir1.2-libmsi0
Dependencies
gir1.2-libmsi0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-libmsi0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.