How To Install libpolkit-agent-1-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolkit-agent-1-dev on Debian 10.
What is libpolkit-agent-1-dev
libpolkit-agent-1-dev is:
PolicyKit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
This package contains the development files for the library found in libpolkit-agent-1-0.
There are three methods to install libpolkit-agent-1-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpolkit-agent-1-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 libpolkit-agent-1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpolkit-agent-1-dev
Install libpolkit-agent-1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpolkit-agent-1-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpolkit-agent-1-dev
Install libpolkit-agent-1-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 libpolkit-agent-1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpolkit-agent-1-dev
How To Uninstall libpolkit-agent-1-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libpolkit-agent-1-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpolkit-agent-1-dev
Uninstall libpolkit-agent-1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpolkit-agent-1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpolkit-agent-1-dev
Remove libpolkit-agent-1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpolkit-agent-1-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpolkit-agent-1-dev
Remove libpolkit-agent-1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpolkit-agent-1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpolkit-agent-1-dev
Dependencies
libpolkit-agent-1-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolkit-agent-1-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.