How To Install libgdata-common on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdata-common on Debian 11.
What is libgdata-common
libgdata-common is:
libgdata is a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using the GData protocol ?? most notably, Google’s services. It provides APIs to access the common Google services, and has full asynchronous support.
This package contains the common data files for libgdata.
There are three methods to install libgdata-common on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgdata-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgdata-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgdata-common
Install libgdata-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgdata-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgdata-common
Install libgdata-common 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 libgdata-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgdata-common
How To Uninstall libgdata-common on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libgdata-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgdata-common
Uninstall libgdata-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgdata-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdata-common
Remove libgdata-common Configurations and Data
To remove libgdata-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgdata-common
Remove libgdata-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgdata-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdata-common
Dependencies
libgdata-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdata-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.