How To Install libwlroots-examples on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlroots-examples on Debian 12.
What is libwlroots-examples
libwlroots-examples is:
wlroots is a set of pluggable, composable modules to build a Wayland composior.
This package contains the reference compositor rootston and other examples.
There are three methods to install libwlroots-examples on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwlroots-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwlroots-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwlroots-examples
Install libwlroots-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwlroots-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwlroots-examples
Install libwlroots-examples 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 libwlroots-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwlroots-examples
How To Uninstall libwlroots-examples on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libwlroots-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwlroots-examples
Uninstall libwlroots-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwlroots-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwlroots-examples
Remove libwlroots-examples Configurations and Data
To remove libwlroots-examples configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwlroots-examples
Remove libwlroots-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwlroots-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwlroots-examples
Dependencies
libwlroots-examples have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlroots-examples package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
