How To Install packagekit-gtk3-module on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install packagekit-gtk3-module on Debian 9.
What is packagekit-gtk3-module
packagekit-gtk3-module is:
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
The PackageKit GTK+ module allows any Pango application to install fonts from configured repositories using PackageKit.
There are three methods to install packagekit-gtk3-module on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install packagekit-gtk3-module Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install packagekit-gtk3-module using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install packagekit-gtk3-module
Install packagekit-gtk3-module Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install packagekit-gtk3-module using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install packagekit-gtk3-module
Install packagekit-gtk3-module 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 packagekit-gtk3-module using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install packagekit-gtk3-module
How To Uninstall packagekit-gtk3-module on Debian 9
To uninstall only the packagekit-gtk3-module package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove packagekit-gtk3-module
Uninstall packagekit-gtk3-module And Its Dependencies
To uninstall packagekit-gtk3-module and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove packagekit-gtk3-module
Remove packagekit-gtk3-module Configurations and Data
To remove packagekit-gtk3-module configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge packagekit-gtk3-module
Remove packagekit-gtk3-module configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove packagekit-gtk3-module configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge packagekit-gtk3-module
Dependencies
packagekit-gtk3-module have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install packagekit-gtk3-module package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.