How To Install gnome-user-share on Debian 12

Learn how to install gnome-user-share on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gnome-user-share is User level public file sharing via WebDAV

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-user-share on Debian 12.

What is gnome-user-share

gnome-user-share is:

gnome-user-share is a small package that allows easy user-level file sharing via WebDAV. The shared files are announced on the network by Avahi.

There are three methods to install gnome-user-share on Debian 12. 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-user-share 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-user-share using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-user-share

Install gnome-user-share Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-user-share

Install gnome-user-share 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-user-share using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-user-share

How To Uninstall gnome-user-share on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gnome-user-share package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-user-share

Uninstall gnome-user-share And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-user-share and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-user-share

Remove gnome-user-share Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-user-share configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-user-share

Remove gnome-user-share configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-user-share

Dependencies

gnome-user-share have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-user-share package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.