How To Install libpackagekit-glib2-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekit-glib2-dev on Debian 9.
What is libpackagekit-glib2-dev
libpackagekit-glib2-dev is:
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
This package provides the header files and documentation for the advanced PackageKit library based on GLib. It makes use of only async D-Bus calls and provides high level tasks which peform the “transaction dance”.
There are three methods to install libpackagekit-glib2-dev 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 libpackagekit-glib2-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 libpackagekit-glib2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpackagekit-glib2-dev
Install libpackagekit-glib2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpackagekit-glib2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpackagekit-glib2-dev
Install libpackagekit-glib2-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 libpackagekit-glib2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpackagekit-glib2-dev
How To Uninstall libpackagekit-glib2-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpackagekit-glib2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpackagekit-glib2-dev
Uninstall libpackagekit-glib2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpackagekit-glib2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpackagekit-glib2-dev
Remove libpackagekit-glib2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpackagekit-glib2-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpackagekit-glib2-dev
Remove libpackagekit-glib2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpackagekit-glib2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpackagekit-glib2-dev
Dependencies
libpackagekit-glib2-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekit-glib2-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.