How To Install libmate-desktop-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmate-desktop-dev on Debian 12.
What is libmate-desktop-dev
libmate-desktop-dev is:
The MATE component mate-desktop contains the libmate-desktop library, the mate-about program, as well as some desktop-wide documents.
The libmate-desktop library provides an API shared by several applications on the desktop, but that cannot live in the platform for various reasons.
This package contains the mate-desktop development files.
There are three methods to install libmate-desktop-dev 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 libmate-desktop-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmate-desktop-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmate-desktop-dev
Install libmate-desktop-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmate-desktop-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmate-desktop-dev
Install libmate-desktop-dev 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 libmate-desktop-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmate-desktop-dev
How To Uninstall libmate-desktop-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libmate-desktop-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmate-desktop-dev
Uninstall libmate-desktop-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmate-desktop-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmate-desktop-dev
Remove libmate-desktop-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmate-desktop-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmate-desktop-dev
Remove libmate-desktop-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmate-desktop-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmate-desktop-dev
Dependencies
libmate-desktop-dev have the following dependencies:
- libdconf-dev
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev
- libgtk-3-dev
- libmate-desktop-2-17
- libstartup-notification0-dev
- gir1.2-matedesktop-2.0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmate-desktop-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.