How To Install gtkhash-common on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkhash-common on Debian 9. gtkhash-common is common files for gtkhash extensions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkhash-common on Debian 9.

What is gtkhash-common

gtkhash-common is:

This package has the common files you need to install gtkhash extensions. GtkHash has two extensions: an extension for nautilus and an extension for Thunar. They allow users to compute message digests or checksums using the mhash library. Currently supported hash functions include MD5, MD6, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, RIPEMD, TIGER and WHIRLPOOL.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gtkhash-common

Install gtkhash-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gtkhash-common

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

sudo aptitude -y install gtkhash-common

How To Uninstall gtkhash-common on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove gtkhash-common

Uninstall gtkhash-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gtkhash-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtkhash-common

Remove gtkhash-common Configurations and Data

To remove gtkhash-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gtkhash-common

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

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

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

Dependencies

gtkhash-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkhash-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.