How To Install libdesktop-notify-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdesktop-notify-perl on Debian 9.
What is libdesktop-notify-perl
libdesktop-notify-perl is:
This module provides a Perl interface to the Desktop Notifications framework.
The framework allows applications to display pop-up notifications on an X desktop. This is implemented with two components: a daemon that displays the notifications, and a client library used by applications to send notifications to the daemon. These components communicate through the DBus message bus protocol.
This module serves the same purpose as libnotify, in an object-oriented Perl interface. It is not, however, an interface to libnotify itself, but a separate implementation of the specification using Net::DBus.
There are three methods to install libdesktop-notify-perl 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 libdesktop-notify-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdesktop-notify-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdesktop-notify-perl
Install libdesktop-notify-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdesktop-notify-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdesktop-notify-perl
Install libdesktop-notify-perl 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 libdesktop-notify-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdesktop-notify-perl
How To Uninstall libdesktop-notify-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libdesktop-notify-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdesktop-notify-perl
Uninstall libdesktop-notify-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdesktop-notify-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdesktop-notify-perl
Remove libdesktop-notify-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libdesktop-notify-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdesktop-notify-perl
Remove libdesktop-notify-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdesktop-notify-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdesktop-notify-perl
Dependencies
libdesktop-notify-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdesktop-notify-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.