How To Install xdg-dbus-proxy on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-dbus-proxy on Debian 11.
What is xdg-dbus-proxy
xdg-dbus-proxy is:
xdg-dbus-proxy is a filtering proxy for D-Bus connections. It was originally part of the Flatpak project, but it has been broken out as a standalone module to facilitate using it in other contexts, for example in WebKit-GTK’s optional bubblewrap-based sandbox.
For this proxy to be useful, restricted D-Bus clients must be denied access to the normal D-Bus socket (for example by using containers or AppArmor rules), and instead given access to the listening Unix socket created by the proxy (typically by bind-mounting it into a Linux container).
There are three methods to install xdg-dbus-proxy 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 xdg-dbus-proxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xdg-dbus-proxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xdg-dbus-proxy
Install xdg-dbus-proxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xdg-dbus-proxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xdg-dbus-proxy
Install xdg-dbus-proxy 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 xdg-dbus-proxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xdg-dbus-proxy
How To Uninstall xdg-dbus-proxy on Debian 11
To uninstall only the xdg-dbus-proxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xdg-dbus-proxy
Uninstall xdg-dbus-proxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xdg-dbus-proxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdg-dbus-proxy
Remove xdg-dbus-proxy Configurations and Data
To remove xdg-dbus-proxy configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xdg-dbus-proxy
Remove xdg-dbus-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xdg-dbus-proxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdg-dbus-proxy
Dependencies
xdg-dbus-proxy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-dbus-proxy package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
