How to Install and Uninstall packagekit Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "packagekit" package

This is a short guide on how to install packagekit on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "packagekit" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall packagekit on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: packagekit
Version: 1.1.12-5
Installed-Size: 2804
Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libglib2.0-bin, policykit-1, libappstream4 (>= 0.10.0), libapt-inst2.0 (>= 1.8), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.8), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (>= 1.1.9), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libsystemd0 (>= 214)
Recommends: packagekit-tools
Suggests: appstream
Breaks: libpackagekit-glib2-14 (<= 0.7.6-4), libpackagekit-qt2-2 (<= 0.7.6-4), packagekit-backend-apt (<< 1.0), packagekit-backend-aptcc (<< 1.0), packagekit-backend-smart (<< 1.0), packagekit-offline-update (<< 1.0), packagekit-plugin-click (<= 0.3.1)
Description: Provides a package management service
Description-md5: 2a370c6f43c72ec3adb4412d3b3bdca0
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/
Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::python,
role::program
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/packagekit/packagekit_1.1.12-5_amd64.deb
Size: 593464
MD5sum: 311ee19dd8694c6b3c0e6381dee0bf3c
SHA256: 7a1a4a4343ea2e0ce8bb224cfc59c6975a248036571d0950a4c3bf04121e8c97