How To Install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome on Debian 12.
What is xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
xdg-desktop-portal-gnome is:
xdg-desktop-portal-gnome provides a GNOME implementation for the desktop-agnostic xdg-desktop-portal service. This allows sandboxed applications to request services from outside the sandbox using GNOME services (session manager, screenshot provider, Shell) or GNOME-style user interfaces.
Non-GNOME GTK-based desktop environments should normally use xdg-desktop-portal-gtk or their own portal implementation instead of this one.
There are three methods to install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome on Debian 12. 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-desktop-portal-gnome 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-desktop-portal-gnome using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
Install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
Install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome 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-desktop-portal-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
How To Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-gnome on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xdg-desktop-portal-gnome package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-gnome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-gnome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
Remove xdg-desktop-portal-gnome Configurations and Data
To remove xdg-desktop-portal-gnome configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
Remove xdg-desktop-portal-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xdg-desktop-portal-gnome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
Dependencies
xdg-desktop-portal-gnome have the following dependencies:
- dbus-user-session
- gsettings-desktop-schemas
- xdg-desktop-portal
- xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libadwaita-1-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnome-bg-4-2
- libgnome-desktop-4-2
- libgtk-4-1
- libx11-6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
