How To Install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome 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 xdg-desktop-portal-gnome on Ubuntu.

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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu

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 Ubuntu, 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 Ubuntu 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:

References

xdg-desktop-portal-gnome website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.