How To Install gvfs-bin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-bin
on Debian 9.
What is gvfs-bin
gvfs-bin is:
gvfs is a userspace virtual filesystem where mounts run as separate processes which you talk to via D-Bus. It also contains a gio module that seamlessly adds gvfs support to all applications using the gio API. It also supports exposing the gvfs mounts to non-gio applications using fuse.
This package contains the support binaries.
There are three methods to install gvfs-bin
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 gvfs-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gvfs-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gvfs-bin
Install gvfs-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gvfs-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gvfs-bin
Install gvfs-bin 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 gvfs-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gvfs-bin
How To Uninstall gvfs-bin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gvfs-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gvfs-bin
Uninstall gvfs-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gvfs-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gvfs-bin
Remove gvfs-bin Configurations and Data
To remove gvfs-bin
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gvfs-bin
Remove gvfs-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gvfs-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gvfs-bin
Dependencies
gvfs-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-bin
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.