How To Install libportal-tests-qt5 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-tests-qt5 on Debian 12.
What is libportal-tests-qt5
libportal-tests-qt5 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-qt application, and will contain “as-installed” test programs if they are added.
There are three methods to install libportal-tests-qt5 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-qt5 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-qt5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libportal-tests-qt5
Install libportal-tests-qt5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libportal-tests-qt5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libportal-tests-qt5
Install libportal-tests-qt5 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-qt5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libportal-tests-qt5
How To Uninstall libportal-tests-qt5 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libportal-tests-qt5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libportal-tests-qt5
Uninstall libportal-tests-qt5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libportal-tests-qt5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libportal-tests-qt5
Remove libportal-tests-qt5 Configurations and Data
To remove libportal-tests-qt5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libportal-tests-qt5
Remove libportal-tests-qt5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libportal-tests-qt5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libportal-tests-qt5
Dependencies
libportal-tests-qt5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-tests-qt5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.