How To Install libportal-tests-gtk3 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-tests-gtk3 on Debian 12.
What is libportal-tests-gtk3
libportal-tests-gtk3 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 portal-test-gtk3 application, and will contain “as-installed” test programs if they are added.
There are three methods to install libportal-tests-gtk3 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-tests-gtk3 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-tests-gtk3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libportal-tests-gtk3
Install libportal-tests-gtk3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libportal-tests-gtk3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libportal-tests-gtk3
Install libportal-tests-gtk3 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-tests-gtk3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libportal-tests-gtk3
How To Uninstall libportal-tests-gtk3 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libportal-tests-gtk3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libportal-tests-gtk3
Uninstall libportal-tests-gtk3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libportal-tests-gtk3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libportal-tests-gtk3
Remove libportal-tests-gtk3 Configurations and Data
To remove libportal-tests-gtk3 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libportal-tests-gtk3
Remove libportal-tests-gtk3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libportal-tests-gtk3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libportal-tests-gtk3
Dependencies
libportal-tests-gtk3 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libportal-gtk3-1
- libportal1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-tests-gtk3 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
