How To Install libexo-2-0 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexo-2-0 on Debian 10.
What is libexo-2-0
libexo-2-0 is:
libexo is a library for Xfce that contains a bunch of additional widgets and a framework for editable toolbars (an improved version of the framework present in GNOME), light-weight session management support, functions to automatically synchronize object properties (based on GObject Binding Properties) and several miscellaneous utility and helper functions for application developers.
While Xfce ships with quite a few libraries that are primarily targeted at desktop development, libexo is targeted at application development, with a focus on applications for Xfce.
This package provides GTK-3 version.
There are three methods to install libexo-2-0 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libexo-2-0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libexo-2-0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libexo-2-0
Install libexo-2-0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libexo-2-0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libexo-2-0
Install libexo-2-0 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 libexo-2-0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libexo-2-0
How To Uninstall libexo-2-0 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libexo-2-0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libexo-2-0
Uninstall libexo-2-0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libexo-2-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexo-2-0
Remove libexo-2-0 Configurations and Data
To remove libexo-2-0 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libexo-2-0
Remove libexo-2-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libexo-2-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexo-2-0
Dependencies
libexo-2-0 have the following dependencies:
- libexo-common
- libexo-helpers
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libice6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexo-2-0 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.