How To Install libmutter0i on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmutter0i on Debian 9.
What is libmutter0i
libmutter0i is:
Mutter is a small window manager, using GTK+ and Clutter to do everything.
Mutter is the clutter-based evolution of Metacity, which, as the author says, is a “Boring window manager for the adult in you. Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios.”
This package contains the window manager shared library, used by mutter itself, and gnome-shell.
There are three methods to install libmutter0i on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmutter0i Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmutter0i using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmutter0i
Install libmutter0i Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmutter0i using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmutter0i
Install libmutter0i 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 libmutter0i using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmutter0i
How To Uninstall libmutter0i on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmutter0i package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmutter0i
Uninstall libmutter0i And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmutter0i and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmutter0i
Remove libmutter0i Configurations and Data
To remove libmutter0i configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmutter0i
Remove libmutter0i configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmutter0i configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmutter0i
Dependencies
libmutter0i have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libcanberra-gtk3-0
- libcanberra0
- libdrm2
- libegl1-mesa
- libfontconfig1
- libgbm1
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libgirepository-1.0-1
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnome-desktop-3-12
- libgtk-3-0
- libgudev-1.0-0
- libice6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmutter0i package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
