How To Install dispcalgui on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dispcalgui
on Debian 9.
What is dispcalgui
dispcalgui is:
Calibrates and characterizes display devices using a hardware sensor, driven by the open source color management system Argyll CMS. Supports multi-display setups and a variety of available settings like customizable whitepoint, luminance, black level, tone response curve as well as the creation of matrix and look-up-table ICC profiles with optional gamut mapping. Calibrations and profiles can be verified through measurements, and profiles can be installed to make them available to color management aware applications. Profile installation can utilize Argyll CMS, Oyranos and/or GNOME Color Manager if available, for flexible integration.
There are three methods to install dispcalgui
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dispcalgui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dispcalgui
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dispcalgui
Install dispcalgui Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dispcalgui
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dispcalgui
Install dispcalgui Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dispcalgui
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dispcalgui
How To Uninstall dispcalgui on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dispcalgui
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dispcalgui
Uninstall dispcalgui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dispcalgui
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dispcalgui
Remove dispcalgui Configurations and Data
To remove dispcalgui
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dispcalgui
Remove dispcalgui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dispcalgui
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dispcalgui
Dependencies
dispcalgui have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dispcalgui
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.