How To Install gnome-packagekit-session on Debian 10

Learn how to install gnome-packagekit-session on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gnome-packagekit-session is Transitional package (gnome-packagekit-session -> gnome-software)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-packagekit-session on Debian 10.

What is gnome-packagekit-session

gnome-packagekit-session is:

Transitional dummy package replacing gnome-packagekit-session with gnome-software.

The PackageKit session interface is no separate component anymore, but built into GNOME-Software.

There are three methods to install gnome-packagekit-session on Debian 10. 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-packagekit-session 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-packagekit-session using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-packagekit-session

Install gnome-packagekit-session Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-packagekit-session using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-packagekit-session

Install gnome-packagekit-session 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-packagekit-session using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-packagekit-session

How To Uninstall gnome-packagekit-session on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gnome-packagekit-session package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-packagekit-session

Uninstall gnome-packagekit-session And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-packagekit-session and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-packagekit-session

Remove gnome-packagekit-session Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-packagekit-session configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-packagekit-session

Remove gnome-packagekit-session configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-packagekit-session

Dependencies

gnome-packagekit-session have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-packagekit-session package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.