How To Install fvwm-crystal on Debian 10

Learn how to install fvwm-crystal on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fvwm-crystal is Pretty Desktop Environment based on FVWM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fvwm-crystal on Debian 10.

What is fvwm-crystal

fvwm-crystal is:

FVWM-crystal creates an easy to use desktop environment using fvwm2 as its window manager and main core. From another point of view its just a very powerful fvwm configuration.

A file manager may be optionally used to display desktop icons, ROX-filer and nautilus are supported for this task. FVWM-crystal furthermore has UI integration for various music players, among them audacious and mpd.

There is also a very powerful menu system that has an extensive default configuration but may be customized and extended by each user to fit personal requirements.

There are three methods to install fvwm-crystal 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 fvwm-crystal Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fvwm-crystal

Install fvwm-crystal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fvwm-crystal

Install fvwm-crystal 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 fvwm-crystal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fvwm-crystal

How To Uninstall fvwm-crystal on Debian 10

To uninstall only the fvwm-crystal package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fvwm-crystal

Uninstall fvwm-crystal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fvwm-crystal

Remove fvwm-crystal Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fvwm-crystal

Remove fvwm-crystal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fvwm-crystal

Dependencies

fvwm-crystal have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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