How To Install gtk-redshift on Debian 10

Learn how to install gtk-redshift on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gtk-redshift is transitional dummy package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-redshift on Debian 10.

What is gtk-redshift

gtk-redshift is:

This is a transitional dummy package for redshift-gtk. It can safely be removed.

This package provides GTK+ integration.

There are three methods to install gtk-redshift 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 gtk-redshift Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gtk-redshift

Install gtk-redshift Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gtk-redshift

Install gtk-redshift 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 gtk-redshift using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gtk-redshift

How To Uninstall gtk-redshift on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gtk-redshift package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gtk-redshift

Uninstall gtk-redshift And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtk-redshift

Remove gtk-redshift Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gtk-redshift

Remove gtk-redshift configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtk-redshift

Dependencies

gtk-redshift have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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