How to Install and Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "xdg-desktop-portal-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install xdg-desktop-portal-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "xdg-desktop-portal-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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3. Information about the xdg-desktop-portal-dev package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: xdg-desktop-portal-dev
Architecture: all
Version: 1.8.0-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Source: xdg-desktop-portal
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 692
Breaks: libflatpak-dev (<< 0.10.4-1~), xdg-desktop-portal (<< 0.5-2~)
Replaces: libflatpak-dev (<< 0.10.4-1~), xdg-desktop-portal (<< 0.5-2~)
Filename: pool/main/x/xdg-desktop-portal/xdg-desktop-portal-dev_1.8.0-1_all.deb
Size: 50468
MD5sum: 45016fa20905ac5dfeed1271f6eb9245
SHA1: 0d05a05df4905242f8912f3b19bb4ce426a62d86
SHA256: 80dcf09fa899d8e9caaab3f6bd2b0a9058c2d67d5a2d12c7585c9f963c487e65
SHA512: 2e9a122ab3c6132ac06a13308233856756310e99d368abde7b0ff5d6ae2982e40d7d5a1c18ece7ee5bacf3686516476d1898a53648b2d395365a17b24ec7a9ce
Homepage: https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal
Description-en: desktop integration portal - development files
xdg-desktop-portal provides a portal frontend service for Flatpak, Snap,
and possibly other desktop containment/sandboxing frameworks. This service
is made available to the sandboxed application, and provides mediated
D-Bus interfaces for file access, URI opening, printing and similar
desktop integration features. See the xdg-desktop-portal package's
description for more details.
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This package contains development files for backends such as
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.
Description-md5: 868b66f3cbad8db622f38d23df203ad4