How to Install and Uninstall packagekit Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "packagekit" package

This guide let you learn how to install packagekit on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall packagekit on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: packagekit
Version: 1.2.2-2
Installed-Size: 2859
Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libglib2.0-bin, policykit-1, init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libappstream4 (>= 0.10.0), libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 1.9.2), libc6 (>= 2.28), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.54), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (>= 1.2.1), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libsystemd0 (>= 214)
Recommends: packagekit-tools, systemd
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), plymouth (<< 0.9.5)
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_1.2.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 598120
MD5sum: 63bf8246f2577bfd3087f8a70107cd3d
SHA256: 945bd3aabf01d8c1684c9c85a46a2224d184d32fbf4386d7a7821694fe2d0fb5