How To Install gparted-common on Debian 12

Learn how to install gparted-common on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gparted-common is GNOME partition editor – common data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gparted-common on Debian 12.

What is gparted-common

gparted-common is:

GParted uses libparted to detect and manipulate devices and partition tables while several (optional) filesystem tools provide support for filesystems not included in libparted.

This package contains architecture-independent data, such as documentation and help, icons, and application metadata.

There are three methods to install gparted-common 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 gparted-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 gparted-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gparted-common

Install gparted-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gparted-common

Install gparted-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 gparted-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gparted-common

How To Uninstall gparted-common on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gparted-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gparted-common

Uninstall gparted-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gparted-common

Remove gparted-common Configurations and Data

To remove gparted-common configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gparted-common

Remove gparted-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gparted-common

Dependencies

gparted-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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