How To Install libmate-slab0 on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmate-slab0 on Debian 9.

What is libmate-slab0

libmate-slab0 is:

This library provides functionality to create applications like MATE control center and the application-browser from gnome-main-menu.

This library has been forked from GNOMEv2 by the MATE project.

There are three methods to install libmate-slab0 on Debian 9. 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-slab0 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-slab0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmate-slab0

Install libmate-slab0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmate-slab0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmate-slab0

Install libmate-slab0 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-slab0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmate-slab0

How To Uninstall libmate-slab0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libmate-slab0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmate-slab0

Uninstall libmate-slab0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmate-slab0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmate-slab0

Remove libmate-slab0 Configurations and Data

To remove libmate-slab0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmate-slab0

Remove libmate-slab0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmate-slab0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmate-slab0

Dependencies

libmate-slab0 have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo-gobject2
• libcairo2
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libmate-desktop-2-17
• libmate-menu2
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• librsvg2-2
• libstartup-notification0

References

• libmate-slab0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmate-slab0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.