How To Install eog-plugins on Debian 10

Learn how to install eog-plugins on Debian 10 with this tutorial. eog-plugins is set of plugins for GNOME Image Viewer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eog-plugins on Debian 10.

What is eog-plugins

eog-plugins is:

eog-plugins contain a set of plugins for eog, the GNOME Image Viewer.

The plugins are now split in separate packages; this metapackage brings all of them but they can be installed separately.

There are three methods to install eog-plugins on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install eog-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install eog-plugins

Install eog-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install eog-plugins

Install eog-plugins 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 eog-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eog-plugins

How To Uninstall eog-plugins on Debian 10

To uninstall only the eog-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove eog-plugins

Uninstall eog-plugins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall eog-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eog-plugins

Remove eog-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove eog-plugins configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge eog-plugins

Remove eog-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eog-plugins

Dependencies

eog-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install eog-plugins package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.