How To Install libportal-doc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-doc on Debian 12.
What is libportal-doc
libportal-doc is:
libportal provides GIO-style C APIs for most Flatpak portals’ D-Bus interfaces. It is primarily intended for installation in Flatpak runtimes, where applications can use it to interact with portals; it can also be used to test the portal services.
See the xdg-desktop-portal package’s description for more information about portals.
This package contains API documentation.
There are three methods to install libportal-doc 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 libportal-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 libportal-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libportal-doc
Install libportal-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libportal-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libportal-doc
Install libportal-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 libportal-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libportal-doc
How To Uninstall libportal-doc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libportal-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libportal-doc
Uninstall libportal-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libportal-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libportal-doc
Remove libportal-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libportal-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libportal-doc
Remove libportal-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libportal-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libportal-doc
Dependencies
libportal-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.