How To Install libunity-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunity-tools on Debian 12.
What is libunity-tools
libunity-tools is:
libunity is a shared library to be able to interact with the launcher and add places in Unity environment.
This package contains debugging tools for introspecting results and issuing search on the lenses manually.
There are three methods to install libunity-tools 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 libunity-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libunity-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libunity-tools
Install libunity-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libunity-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libunity-tools
Install libunity-tools 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 libunity-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libunity-tools
How To Uninstall libunity-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libunity-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libunity-tools
Uninstall libunity-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libunity-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunity-tools
Remove libunity-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libunity-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libunity-tools
Remove libunity-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libunity-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunity-tools
Dependencies
libunity-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunity-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
