How To Install fbset on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fbset
on Debian 10.
What is fbset
fbset is:
Program to modify settings for the framebuffer devices (/dev/fb[0-9]* or /dev/fb/[0-9]*) on Linux, like depth, virtual resolution, timing parameters etc.
There are three methods to install fbset
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 fbset Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fbset
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fbset
Install fbset Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fbset
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fbset
Install fbset 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 fbset
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fbset
How To Uninstall fbset on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fbset
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fbset
Uninstall fbset And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fbset
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fbset
Remove fbset Configurations and Data
To remove fbset
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fbset
Remove fbset configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fbset
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fbset
Dependencies
fbset have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fbset
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.