How To Install gnome-initial-setup on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-initial-setup on Debian 11.
What is gnome-initial-setup
gnome-initial-setup is:
After acquiring or installing a new system there are a few essential things to set up before use. GNOME Initial Setup aims to provide a simple, easy, and safe way to prepare a new system.
GNOME Initial Setup runs the first time you log in to the GNOME desktop and lets you easily configure your language, keyboard layout, online accounts integration, and more.
If you want to configure these things at any other time, run the Settings app.
There are three methods to install gnome-initial-setup on Debian 11. 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-initial-setup 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-initial-setup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-initial-setup
Install gnome-initial-setup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-initial-setup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-initial-setup
Install gnome-initial-setup 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-initial-setup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-initial-setup
How To Uninstall gnome-initial-setup on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gnome-initial-setup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-initial-setup
Uninstall gnome-initial-setup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-initial-setup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-initial-setup
Remove gnome-initial-setup Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-initial-setup configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-initial-setup
Remove gnome-initial-setup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-initial-setup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-initial-setup
Dependencies
gnome-initial-setup have the following dependencies:
- libaccountsservice0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcheese-gtk25
- libcheese8
- libfontconfig1
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libgdm1
- libgeoclue-2-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnome-desktop-3-19
- libgoa-1.0-0b
- libgoa-backend-1.0-1
- libgtk-3-0
- libgweather-3-16
- libibus-1.0-5
- libjson-glib-1.0-0
- libkrb5-3
- libmalcontent-0-0
- libmalcontent-ui-0-0
- libnm0
- libnma0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpolkit-gobject-1-0
- libpwquality1
- librest-0.7-0
- libsecret-1-0
- libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
- policykit-1
- adduser
- gnome-settings-daemon
- desktop-base
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-initial-setup package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.