How To Install libdbuskit-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbuskit-dev on Debian 12.
What is libdbuskit-dev
libdbuskit-dev is:
The DBusKit framework offers tight integration of D-Bus services into Objective-C applications. It handles all low-level details of communication with D-Bus daemons and the services connected to them and exposes an interface similar to Distributed Objects to make it easy for Objective-C programmers to access D-Bus services.
Features:
- Distributed Objects-like API for exchanging messages with D-Bus services.
- A notification center class for watching signals emitted by D-Bus services.
- `dk_make_interface’ tool to generate Objective-C protocol declarations from D-Bus interface files.
This package contains the development files, API documentation, programming manual and the `dk_make_protocol’ tool.
There are three methods to install libdbuskit-dev 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 libdbuskit-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdbuskit-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdbuskit-dev
Install libdbuskit-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdbuskit-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdbuskit-dev
Install libdbuskit-dev 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 libdbuskit-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdbuskit-dev
How To Uninstall libdbuskit-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libdbuskit-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdbuskit-dev
Uninstall libdbuskit-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdbuskit-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdbuskit-dev
Remove libdbuskit-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdbuskit-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdbuskit-dev
Remove libdbuskit-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdbuskit-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdbuskit-dev
Dependencies
libdbuskit-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbuskit-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
