How To Install glib-networking on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib-networking on Debian 9. glib-networking is network-related giomodules for GLib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib-networking on Debian 9.

What is glib-networking

glib-networking is:

This package contains various network related extensions for the GIO library.

There are three methods to install glib-networking 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 glib-networking Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install glib-networking

Install glib-networking Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install glib-networking

Install glib-networking 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 glib-networking using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install glib-networking

How To Uninstall glib-networking on Debian 9

To uninstall only the glib-networking package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove glib-networking

Uninstall glib-networking And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glib-networking

Remove glib-networking Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge glib-networking

Remove glib-networking configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glib-networking

Dependencies

glib-networking have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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