How To Install libmatepolkit-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatepolkit-doc on Debian 9. libmatepolkit-doc is MATE authentication agent for PolicyKit-1 (shared library API documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatepolkit-doc on Debian 9.

What is libmatepolkit-doc

libmatepolkit-doc is:

The mate-polkit package provides a D-Bus session bus service that is used to bring up authentication dialogs used for obtaining privileges.

This package contains the API documentation files of the mate-polkit shared library.

There are three methods to install libmatepolkit-doc 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 libmatepolkit-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmatepolkit-doc

Install libmatepolkit-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmatepolkit-doc

Install libmatepolkit-doc 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 libmatepolkit-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmatepolkit-doc

How To Uninstall libmatepolkit-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libmatepolkit-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmatepolkit-doc

Uninstall libmatepolkit-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmatepolkit-doc

Remove libmatepolkit-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmatepolkit-doc

Remove libmatepolkit-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmatepolkit-doc

Dependencies

libmatepolkit-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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