How To Install gnome-control-center-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-control-center-dev on Debian 9. gnome-control-center-dev is utilities to configure the GNOME desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-control-center-dev on Debian 9.

What is gnome-control-center-dev

gnome-control-center-dev is:

This package contains the file required to get the keydirs location

There are three methods to install gnome-control-center-dev 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 gnome-control-center-dev 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-control-center-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-control-center-dev

Install gnome-control-center-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-control-center-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-control-center-dev

Install gnome-control-center-dev 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-control-center-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-control-center-dev

How To Uninstall gnome-control-center-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gnome-control-center-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-control-center-dev

Uninstall gnome-control-center-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-control-center-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-control-center-dev

Remove gnome-control-center-dev Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-control-center-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-control-center-dev

Remove gnome-control-center-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-control-center-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-control-center-dev

Dependencies

gnome-control-center-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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