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

What is `xdg-desktop-portal-gtk`

xdg-desktop-portal-gtk is:

xdg-desktop-portal-gtk provides a GTK+/GNOME implementation for the desktop-agnostic xdg-desktop-portal service. This allows sandboxed applications to request services from outside the sandbox using GTK+ GUIs (app chooser, file chooser, print dialog) or using GNOME services (session manager, screenshot provider).

There are three methods to install xdg-desktop-portal-gtk 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-gtk 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-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

Install xdg-desktop-portal-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xdg-desktop-portal-gtk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

Install xdg-desktop-portal-gtk 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-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

How To Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-gtk on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the xdg-desktop-portal-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-gtk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

Remove xdg-desktop-portal-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove xdg-desktop-portal-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

Remove xdg-desktop-portal-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xdg-desktop-portal-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

Dependencies

xdg-desktop-portal-gtk have the following dependencies:

References

xdg-desktop-portal-gtk website

Summary

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