How To Install gnome-system-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-system-tools on Debian 9.
What is gnome-system-tools
gnome-system-tools is:
The GNOME System Tools are a fully integrated set of tools aimed to make easy the job that means the computer administration on an UNIX or Linux system. They’re thought to help from the new Linux or UNIX user to the system administrators.
Its main advantages are:
- Full integration with the new GNOME Control Center.
- An user-friendly interface to carry out the main administration tasks.
- The use of a common user interface in every system.
- A common structure that makes easy the development of new system tools. Nowadays there are tools for managing:
- Users and groups
- Date and time
- Network options
- Services
- Shares (NFS and Samba)
There are three methods to install gnome-system-tools 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-system-tools 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-system-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-system-tools
Install gnome-system-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-system-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-system-tools
Install gnome-system-tools 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-system-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-system-tools
How To Uninstall gnome-system-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnome-system-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-system-tools
Uninstall gnome-system-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-system-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-system-tools
Remove gnome-system-tools Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-system-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-system-tools
Remove gnome-system-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-system-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-system-tools
Dependencies
gnome-system-tools have the following dependencies:
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libdbus-1-3
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- liboobs-1-5
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpolkit-gobject-1-0
- policykit-1-gnome
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-system-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.