How To Install vala-dbus-binding-tool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vala-dbus-binding-tool on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vala-dbus-binding-tool
vala-dbus-binding-tool is:
Vala is a novel language that has many adopters among the developers of the freesmartphone.org software stack that is targeted for smartphones. Here, the DBus orchestrates many collaborating tools, which all need to be build against compatible versions of the DBus specifications.
This package automates the creation of GObject interfaces out of DBus XML specifications.
There are three methods to install vala-dbus-binding-tool on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vala-dbus-binding-tool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vala-dbus-binding-tool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vala-dbus-binding-tool
Install vala-dbus-binding-tool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vala-dbus-binding-tool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vala-dbus-binding-tool
Install vala-dbus-binding-tool 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vala-dbus-binding-tool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vala-dbus-binding-tool
How To Uninstall vala-dbus-binding-tool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vala-dbus-binding-tool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vala-dbus-binding-tool
Uninstall vala-dbus-binding-tool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vala-dbus-binding-tool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vala-dbus-binding-tool
Remove vala-dbus-binding-tool Configurations and Data
To remove vala-dbus-binding-tool configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vala-dbus-binding-tool
Remove vala-dbus-binding-tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vala-dbus-binding-tool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vala-dbus-binding-tool
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vala-dbus-binding-tool package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
