How To Install group-service on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install group-service on Debian 12.
What is group-service
group-service is:
Using DBus to manage local user groups, you can complete the addition and deletion of local user groups, add/remove users to/from groups, and change the name of local user groups.
This package provides the DBus service and is a helper service for mate-user-admin.
There are three methods to install group-service 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 group-service Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install group-service using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install group-service
Install group-service Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install group-service using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install group-service
Install group-service 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 group-service using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install group-service
How To Uninstall group-service on Debian 12
To uninstall only the group-service package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove group-service
Uninstall group-service And Its Dependencies
To uninstall group-service and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove group-service
Remove group-service Configurations and Data
To remove group-service configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge group-service
Remove group-service configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove group-service configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge group-service
Dependencies
group-service have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install group-service package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
