How To Install gir1.2-freedesktop on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-freedesktop on Ubuntu.
What is gir1.2-freedesktop
gir1.2-freedesktop is:
GObject Introspection is a project for providing machine readable introspection data of the API of C libraries. This introspection data can be used in several different use cases, for example automatic code generation for bindings, API verification and documentation generation.
GObject Introspection contains tools to generate and handle the introspection data.
This package contains small pieces of introspection data for the Cairo, FontConfig, FreeType, GL, and some XOrg libraries. They are distributed in this package temporarily, while the original sources do not include support for GObject Introspection. They are far from complete and only include what is necessary for other introspection packages to work properly.
There are three methods to install gir1.2-freedesktop on Ubuntu. 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-freedesktop 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-freedesktop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gir1.2-freedesktop
Install gir1.2-freedesktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-freedesktop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gir1.2-freedesktop
Install gir1.2-freedesktop 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-freedesktop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gir1.2-freedesktop
How To Uninstall gir1.2-freedesktop on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gir1.2-freedesktop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gir1.2-freedesktop
Uninstall gir1.2-freedesktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gir1.2-freedesktop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gir1.2-freedesktop
Remove gir1.2-freedesktop Configurations and Data
To remove gir1.2-freedesktop configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gir1.2-freedesktop
Remove gir1.2-freedesktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gir1.2-freedesktop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gir1.2-freedesktop
Dependencies
gir1.2-freedesktop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-freedesktop package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.