How To Install gnome-session-canberra on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-session-canberra on Debian 11. gnome-session-canberra is GNOME session log in and log out sound events

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-session-canberra on Debian 11.

What is gnome-session-canberra

gnome-session-canberra is:

Produce sound events on GNOME session log in and log out.

This package is using canberra-gtk-play from libcanberra.

There are three methods to install gnome-session-canberra 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-session-canberra 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-session-canberra using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install gnome-session-canberra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-session-canberra

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-session-canberra

How To Uninstall gnome-session-canberra on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-session-canberra

Uninstall gnome-session-canberra And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-session-canberra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

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

Remove gnome-session-canberra Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-session-canberra configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

gnome-session-canberra have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-session-canberra package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.