How To Install packagekit-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install packagekit-tools on Debian 9.
What is packagekit-tools
packagekit-tools 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.
This package provides the PackageKit command-line tools.
There are three methods to install packagekit-tools 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-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 packagekit-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install packagekit-tools
Install packagekit-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install packagekit-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install packagekit-tools
Install packagekit-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 packagekit-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install packagekit-tools
How To Uninstall packagekit-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the packagekit-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove packagekit-tools
Uninstall packagekit-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall packagekit-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove packagekit-tools
Remove packagekit-tools Configurations and Data
To remove packagekit-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge packagekit-tools
Remove packagekit-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove packagekit-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge packagekit-tools
Dependencies
packagekit-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install packagekit-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.