How To Install libgdata2.1-cil on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgdata2.1-cil on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgdata2.1-cil is Google GData CLI client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdata2.1-cil on Debian 12.

What is `libgdata2.1-cil`

libgdata2.1-cil is:

GData (Google data) is a set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) which provide a simple protocol for reading and writing data on the web.

Each of the following Google services provides a Google data API:

Base
Blogger
Calendar
Contacts
Document List
Google Apps Provisioning
Notebook
Picasa Web Albums
Spreadsheets
YouTube

The GData CLI Client Library provides a library and source code that make it easy to access data through Google Data APIs.

This package contains the GData assemblies

There are three methods to install libgdata2.1-cil 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 libgdata2.1-cil Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdata2.1-cil using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgdata2.1-cil

Install libgdata2.1-cil Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdata2.1-cil using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgdata2.1-cil

Install libgdata2.1-cil 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 libgdata2.1-cil using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgdata2.1-cil

How To Uninstall libgdata2.1-cil on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgdata2.1-cil package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgdata2.1-cil

Uninstall libgdata2.1-cil And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgdata2.1-cil and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdata2.1-cil

Remove libgdata2.1-cil Configurations and Data

To remove libgdata2.1-cil configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgdata2.1-cil

Remove libgdata2.1-cil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgdata2.1-cil configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdata2.1-cil

Dependencies

libgdata2.1-cil have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdata2.1-cil package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.