How To Install gobject-introspection on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install gobject-introspection on Debian 11. gobject-introspection is Generate interface introspection data for GObject libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gobject-introspection on Debian 11.

What is gobject-introspection

gobject-introspection is:

GObject Introspection is a project for providing machine readable introspection data of the API of C libraries. This introspection data can be used in several different use cases, for example automatic code generation for bindings, API verification and documentation generation.

GObject Introspection contains tools to generate and handle the introspection data.

This package contains tools for extracting introspection data from libraries and transforming it to different formats.

There are three methods to install gobject-introspection 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 gobject-introspection Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gobject-introspection using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gobject-introspection

Install gobject-introspection Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gobject-introspection using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gobject-introspection

Install gobject-introspection 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 gobject-introspection using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gobject-introspection

How To Uninstall gobject-introspection on Debian 11

To uninstall only the gobject-introspection package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gobject-introspection

Uninstall gobject-introspection And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gobject-introspection

Remove gobject-introspection Configurations and Data

To remove gobject-introspection configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gobject-introspection

Remove gobject-introspection configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gobject-introspection configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gobject-introspection

Dependencies

gobject-introspection have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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