How To Install libportal-gtk3-1 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-gtk3-1 on Debian 12.
What is libportal-gtk3-1
libportal-gtk3-1 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 the shared library for integration with GTK 3.
There are three methods to install libportal-gtk3-1 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-gtk3-1 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-gtk3-1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libportal-gtk3-1
Install libportal-gtk3-1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libportal-gtk3-1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libportal-gtk3-1
Install libportal-gtk3-1 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-gtk3-1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libportal-gtk3-1
How To Uninstall libportal-gtk3-1 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libportal-gtk3-1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libportal-gtk3-1
Uninstall libportal-gtk3-1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libportal-gtk3-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libportal-gtk3-1
Remove libportal-gtk3-1 Configurations and Data
To remove libportal-gtk3-1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libportal-gtk3-1
Remove libportal-gtk3-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libportal-gtk3-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libportal-gtk3-1
Dependencies
libportal-gtk3-1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-gtk3-1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
