How To Install emerald-themes on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install emerald-themes on Debian 11. emerald-themes is Themes for emerald window decorator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emerald-themes on Debian 11.

What is emerald-themes

emerald-themes is:

Emerald is a window decorator for the Compiz window manager, using a custom theme format (*.emerald). It is highly customizable and supports different theme engines, with transparency and precise placement of borders and window title elements.

This package provides the themes for emerald window decorator.

There are three methods to install emerald-themes on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install emerald-themes Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install emerald-themes using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install emerald-themes

Install emerald-themes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install emerald-themes using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install emerald-themes

Install emerald-themes 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 emerald-themes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install emerald-themes

How To Uninstall emerald-themes on Debian 11

To uninstall only the emerald-themes package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove emerald-themes

Uninstall emerald-themes And Its Dependencies

To uninstall emerald-themes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emerald-themes

Remove emerald-themes Configurations and Data

To remove emerald-themes configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge emerald-themes

Remove emerald-themes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove emerald-themes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emerald-themes

Dependencies

emerald-themes have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install emerald-themes package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.