How To Install gnome-software-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-software-common on Debian 9.
What is gnome-software-common
gnome-software-common is:
Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.
Software uses a plugin architecture to separate the frontend from the technologies that are used underneath. Currently, a PackageKit plugin provides data from a number of traditional packaging systems, such as rpm or apt. An appdata plugin provides additional metadata from locally installed data in the appdata format.
This package contains the architecture-independent files.
There are three methods to install gnome-software-common 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-software-common 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-software-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-software-common
Install gnome-software-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-software-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-software-common
Install gnome-software-common 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-software-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-software-common
How To Uninstall gnome-software-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnome-software-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-software-common
Uninstall gnome-software-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-software-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-software-common
Remove gnome-software-common Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-software-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-software-common
Remove gnome-software-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-software-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-software-common
Dependencies
gnome-software-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-software-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.