How To Install oidc-agent-desktop on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oidc-agent-desktop on Debian 12.
What is oidc-agent-desktop
oidc-agent-desktop is:
Desktop integration files for oidc-gen and oidc-agent and for creating the user dialog.
This package adds two ways for supporting the usage of oidc-agent in a graphical environment. The .desktop file to leverage browser integration to support the authorization code flow in oidc-gen. The Xsession file to consistently set the environment variables necessary to for client tools to connect to the oidc-agent daemon.
This package also provides a bash script as an interface to create different dialog windows. It uses yad to create windows.
There are three methods to install oidc-agent-desktop 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 oidc-agent-desktop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install oidc-agent-desktop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oidc-agent-desktop
Install oidc-agent-desktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oidc-agent-desktop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oidc-agent-desktop
Install oidc-agent-desktop 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 oidc-agent-desktop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oidc-agent-desktop
How To Uninstall oidc-agent-desktop on Debian 12
To uninstall only the oidc-agent-desktop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oidc-agent-desktop
Uninstall oidc-agent-desktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oidc-agent-desktop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oidc-agent-desktop
Remove oidc-agent-desktop Configurations and Data
To remove oidc-agent-desktop configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oidc-agent-desktop
Remove oidc-agent-desktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oidc-agent-desktop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oidc-agent-desktop
Dependencies
oidc-agent-desktop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oidc-agent-desktop package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
