How To Install libfm-gtk-data on Debian 10

Learn how to install libfm-gtk-data on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libfm-gtk-data is file management support (GTK+ library common data)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfm-gtk-data on Debian 10.

What is libfm-gtk-data

libfm-gtk-data is:

LibFM provides file management functions built on top of Glib/GIO, giving a convenient higher-level API.

This package contains the common data of the GTK+ library.

There are three methods to install libfm-gtk-data 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 libfm-gtk-data Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfm-gtk-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfm-gtk-data

Install libfm-gtk-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfm-gtk-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfm-gtk-data

Install libfm-gtk-data 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 libfm-gtk-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfm-gtk-data

How To Uninstall libfm-gtk-data on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libfm-gtk-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfm-gtk-data

Uninstall libfm-gtk-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfm-gtk-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfm-gtk-data

Remove libfm-gtk-data Configurations and Data

To remove libfm-gtk-data configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfm-gtk-data

Remove libfm-gtk-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfm-gtk-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfm-gtk-data

Dependencies

libfm-gtk-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfm-gtk-data package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.