How To Install libaccounts-glib-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaccounts-glib-tools on Debian 9.
What is libaccounts-glib-tools
libaccounts-glib-tools is:
Accounts and SSO (Single Sign-On) framework for Linux and POSIX based platforms.
This package provides the tools useful for the libaccounts-glib library.
There are three methods to install libaccounts-glib-tools 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 libaccounts-glib-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libaccounts-glib-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libaccounts-glib-tools
Install libaccounts-glib-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libaccounts-glib-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libaccounts-glib-tools
Install libaccounts-glib-tools 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 libaccounts-glib-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libaccounts-glib-tools
How To Uninstall libaccounts-glib-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libaccounts-glib-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libaccounts-glib-tools
Uninstall libaccounts-glib-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libaccounts-glib-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaccounts-glib-tools
Remove libaccounts-glib-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libaccounts-glib-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libaccounts-glib-tools
Remove libaccounts-glib-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libaccounts-glib-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaccounts-glib-tools
Dependencies
libaccounts-glib-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaccounts-glib-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.