How to Install and Uninstall gnome-software Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "gnome-software" package

Please follow the steps below to install gnome-software on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gnome-software
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gnome-software" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall gnome-software on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnome-software
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnome-software package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: gnome-software
Version: 3.30.6-5
Installed-Size: 2619
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: gnome-packagekit-session (<< 3.16.0-2~)
Depends: appstream, apt-config-icons, gnome-software-common (= 3.30.6-5), gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 3.18), libgtk3-perl, packagekit (>= 1.1.11), software-properties-gtk, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libappstream-glib8 (>= 0.7.10), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libfwupd2 (>= 1.0.7), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.56.0), libgnome-desktop-3-17 (>= 3.18.0), libgspell-1-1 (>= 1.3.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.4), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.2.0), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (>= 1.1.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.52.0)
Recommends: fwupd
Suggests: apt-config-icons-hidpi, gnome-software-plugin-flatpak, gnome-software-plugin-snap
Conflicts: sessioninstaller
Breaks: gnome-packagekit-session (<< 3.16.0-2~)
Description: Software Center for GNOME
Description-md5: c18037138f62996f54244e20a5eee15b
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, uitoolkit::gtk
Section: gnome
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-software/gnome-software_3.30.6-5_amd64.deb
Size: 502856
MD5sum: f96a2450690a2fe91839583e8b4bd7b0
SHA256: 424e84c7ad5c6866545dd067a519781c767737030a1694ad02cf67a55183f080