How To Install libgpaste-2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgpaste-2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgpaste-2 is Clipboard management system for GNOME - library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpaste-2 on Debian 12.

What is libgpaste-2

libgpaste-2 is:

GPaste manages clipboard history and allows easy access to it using keyboard shortcuts, gnome-shell extension, command-line tools, gir bindings.

This package contains the shared library used by gpaste.

There are three methods to install libgpaste-2 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 libgpaste-2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgpaste-2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgpaste-2

Install libgpaste-2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgpaste-2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgpaste-2

Install libgpaste-2 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 libgpaste-2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgpaste-2

How To Uninstall libgpaste-2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgpaste-2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgpaste-2

Uninstall libgpaste-2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgpaste-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpaste-2

Remove libgpaste-2 Configurations and Data

To remove libgpaste-2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgpaste-2

Remove libgpaste-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgpaste-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgpaste-2

Dependencies

libgpaste-2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpaste-2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.