How To Install gnome-connections on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-connections on Debian 12.
What is gnome-connections
gnome-connections is:
GNOME Connections is a desktop client to view or use remote computers using VNC or RDP. The app is intentionally simple and easy to use.
GNOME Connections replaces the remote desktop functionality that was previously found in GNOME Boxes.
There are three methods to install gnome-connections on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnome-connections Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-connections using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-connections
Install gnome-connections Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-connections using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-connections
Install gnome-connections 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 gnome-connections using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-connections
How To Uninstall gnome-connections on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnome-connections package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-connections
Uninstall gnome-connections And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-connections and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-connections
Remove gnome-connections Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-connections configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-connections
Remove gnome-connections configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-connections configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-connections
Dependencies
gnome-connections have the following dependencies:
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfreerdp2-2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libgtk-vnc-2.0-0
- libgvnc-1.0-0
- libhandy-1-0
- libsecret-1-0
- libwinpr2-2
- libxml2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-connections package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
