How To Install libportal-gtk4-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-gtk4-dev on Debian 12.
What is libportal-gtk4-dev
libportal-gtk4-dev 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 development headers and the pkg-config file for integration with GTK 4.
There are three methods to install libportal-gtk4-dev 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-gtk4-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 libportal-gtk4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libportal-gtk4-dev
Install libportal-gtk4-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libportal-gtk4-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libportal-gtk4-dev
Install libportal-gtk4-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 libportal-gtk4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libportal-gtk4-dev
How To Uninstall libportal-gtk4-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libportal-gtk4-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libportal-gtk4-dev
Uninstall libportal-gtk4-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libportal-gtk4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libportal-gtk4-dev
Remove libportal-gtk4-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libportal-gtk4-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libportal-gtk4-dev
Remove libportal-gtk4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libportal-gtk4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libportal-gtk4-dev
Dependencies
libportal-gtk4-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-gtk4-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
