How to Install and Uninstall gnome-platform-devel Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "gnome-platform-devel" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gnome-platform-devel on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gnome-platform-devel" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gnome-platform-devel on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnome-platform-devel package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gnome-platform-devel
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 27
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: meta-gnome3
Version: 1:3.14+3ubuntu1
Depends: libatk1.0-dev (>= 2.14), libclutter-1.0-dev (>= 1.20), libclutter-gtk-1.0-dev (>= 1.6), libcogl-dev (>= 1.18), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev (>= 2.31), libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.42), libgstreamer1.0-dev (>= 1.4), libgtk2.0-dev (>= 2.24), libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.14), gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.21), libgtksourceview-3.0-dev (>= 3.14), libpango1.0-dev (>= 1.36), yelp-tools (>= 3.14)
Recommends: gnome-api-docs
Filename: pool/universe/m/meta-gnome3/gnome-platform-devel_3.14+3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 4424
MD5sum: 9d526c9939265351da3f0bf894c11905
SHA1: f309baf872e9ad2af6439d5ccd89f5bdf12e119e
SHA256: f89b134e297e5ff337e47ea380d40300b4b46c65bfa835483fa3efdc96ac6e06
Description-en: GNOME development platform
These are the development components that are part of the development
“platform” for the GNOME Desktop environment, an intuitive and
attractive desktop.
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This metapackage depends on the recommended components to develop and
build applications using GNOME technologies. Most of these components
have long-term API stability guarantees.
Description-md5: 7bf26e57deae6cf1571f41b9eebefca1
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu