How To Install gnome-shell-extensions on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extensions on Debian 10.
What is gnome-shell-extensions
gnome-shell-extensions is:
The GNOME Shell redefines user interactions with the GNOME desktop. In particular, it offers new paradigms for launching applications, accessing documents, and organizing open windows in GNOME. Later, it will introduce a new applets eco-system and offer new solutions for other desktop features, such as notifications and contacts management. The GNOME Shell is intended to replace functions handled by the GNOME Panel and by the window manager in previous versions of GNOME. The GNOME Shell has rich visual effects enabled by new graphical technologies.
GNOME Shell is extensible using extensions. This package contains official GNOME Shell extensions.
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extensions 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-shell-extensions 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-shell-extensions using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extensions
Install gnome-shell-extensions Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extensions using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extensions
Install gnome-shell-extensions 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-shell-extensions using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extensions
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extensions on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extensions package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extensions
Uninstall gnome-shell-extensions And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-extensions and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extensions
Remove gnome-shell-extensions Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-extensions configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extensions
Remove gnome-shell-extensions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extensions configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extensions
Dependencies
gnome-shell-extensions have the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-atk-1.0
- gir1.2-clutter-1.0
- gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0
- gir1.2-glib-2.0
- gir1.2-gmenu-3.0
- gir1.2-gtk-3.0
- gir1.2-pango-1.0
- gnome-session-bin
- gnome-settings-daemon
- gnome-shell
- gnome-shell
- gvfs
- dconf-gsettings-backend
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extensions package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.