Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0
gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 is:
This package provides the include files and static library for the GNOME
desktop library functions.
This package contains the introspection data for GnomeDesktop
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.36.1-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: introspection
Source: gnome-desktop3
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 60
Depends: gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 (>= 3.27.0), gir1.2-glib-2.0 (>= 0.10.2-1~), gir1.2-gtk-3.0 (>= 3.3.6), libgnome-desktop-3-19 (>= 3.34.2)
Breaks: gnome-shell (« 3.34)
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-desktop3/gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0_3.36.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 8356
MD5sum: 44673100e49c900966a139dcca23c9a8
SHA1: 7b5c17aee2a4a6af10de876f3d243484f6213950
SHA256: 389fe21e8794dd493f90e39ecd79b1df4cdf647185ebd1f6d78fd5c4342db522
Description-en: Introspection data for GnomeDesktop
This package provides the include files and static library for the GNOME
desktop library functions.
This package contains the introspection data for GnomeDesktop
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0
Install gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0
Install gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 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 gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0
How To Uninstall gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0
Uninstall gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0
Remove gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 Configurations and Data
To remove gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0
Remove gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
