How To Install system-tools-backends-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-tools-backends-dev
on Debian 11.
What is system-tools-backends-dev
system-tools-backends-dev is:
The System Tools Backends are a set of cross-platform scripts for Linux and other Unix systems. The backends provide a standard XML interface for modifying the configuration regardless of the distribution that’s being used.
These backends are used in GNOME System Tools.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install system-tools-backends-dev
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install system-tools-backends-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install system-tools-backends-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install system-tools-backends-dev
Install system-tools-backends-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install system-tools-backends-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install system-tools-backends-dev
Install system-tools-backends-dev 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 system-tools-backends-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install system-tools-backends-dev
How To Uninstall system-tools-backends-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the system-tools-backends-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove system-tools-backends-dev
Uninstall system-tools-backends-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall system-tools-backends-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove system-tools-backends-dev
Remove system-tools-backends-dev Configurations and Data
To remove system-tools-backends-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge system-tools-backends-dev
Remove system-tools-backends-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove system-tools-backends-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge system-tools-backends-dev
Dependencies
system-tools-backends-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-tools-backends-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.