How To Install gksu on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gksu on Debian 9.
What is gksu
gksu is:
This package provides GTK+ front-ends for su (gksu) and sudo (gksudo), allowing users to give a password and run graphical commands as root without needing to invoke su or sudo in a terminal emulator.
There are three methods to install gksu 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 gksu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gksu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gksu
Install gksu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gksu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gksu
Install gksu 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 gksu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gksu
How To Uninstall gksu on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gksu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gksu
Uninstall gksu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gksu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gksu
Remove gksu Configurations and Data
To remove gksu configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gksu
Remove gksu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gksu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gksu
Dependencies
gksu have the following dependencies:
- gconf-service
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgconf-2-4
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libgksu2-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnome-keyring0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libstartup-notification0
- sudo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gksu package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.