How To Install libportal1 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 libportal1 on Ubuntu.
What is libportal1
libportal1 is:
libportal provides GIO-style C APIs for most Flatpak portals’ D-Bus interfaces. It is primarily intended for installation in Flatpak runtimes, where applications can use it to interact with portals; it can also be used to test the portal services.
See the xdg-desktop-portal package’s description for more information about portals.
This package contains the shared library for non-GUI-specific use of portals.
There are three methods to install libportal1 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 libportal1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libportal1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libportal1
Install libportal1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libportal1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libportal1
Install libportal1 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 libportal1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libportal1
How To Uninstall libportal1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libportal1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libportal1
Uninstall libportal1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libportal1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libportal1
Remove libportal1 Configurations and Data
To remove libportal1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libportal1
Remove libportal1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libportal1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libportal1
Dependencies
libportal1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.