How To Install xdg-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-utils on Debian 9.
What is xdg-utils
xdg-utils is:
xdg-utils contains utilities for integrating applications with the desktop environment, regardless of which desktop environment is used. They are part of freedesktop.org’s Portland project.
The following utilities are included:
- xdg-desktop-menu - Install desktop menu items
- xdg-desktop-icon - Install icons on the user’s desktop
- xdg-email - Compose a new email in the user’s preferred email client, potentially with subject and other info filled in
- xdg-icon-resource - Install icon resources
- xdg-mime - Query and install MIME types and associations
- xdg-open - Open a URI in the user’s preferred application that handles the respective URI or file type
- xdg-screensaver - Enable, disable, or suspend the screensaver
- xdg-settings - Get or set the default web browser and URI handlers
If you are running GNOME, make sure that the gvfs-bin package is installed.
There are three methods to install xdg-utils 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 xdg-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xdg-utils
Install xdg-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xdg-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xdg-utils
Install xdg-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xdg-utils
How To Uninstall xdg-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xdg-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xdg-utils
Uninstall xdg-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xdg-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdg-utils
Remove xdg-utils Configurations and Data
To remove xdg-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xdg-utils
Remove xdg-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xdg-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdg-utils
Dependencies
xdg-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
