How to Install and Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xdg-desktop-portal-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xdg-desktop-portal-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xdg-desktop-portal-dev
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.3-0ubuntu0.0
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: 478
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_1.0.3-0ubuntu0.0_all.deb
Size: 34524
MD5sum: 8091ec577f66b1fb9357a7f066a308ca
SHA1: ffb8da031444ff937394bcff39ba8f78c2888e09
SHA256: ecd48efb5cc538d274d3ab37ca69db0e38327fbb6bfef84fc90defeb285a2df4
SHA512: e61a446cdaab65e700050e535b55deee19885c141548979f0aa83e3fc3ddfe28fa7f3519d8fefff336156cf87308a0003b9f9959ca93df3fdfce86a71f790bbd
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
Supported: 5y