How To Install multimedia-graphics on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-graphics on Debian 9.
What is multimedia-graphics
multimedia-graphics is:
This metapackage will install packages for making and editing artwork.
There are three methods to install multimedia-graphics 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 multimedia-graphics Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install multimedia-graphics using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install multimedia-graphics
Install multimedia-graphics Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install multimedia-graphics using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install multimedia-graphics
Install multimedia-graphics 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 multimedia-graphics using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install multimedia-graphics
How To Uninstall multimedia-graphics on Debian 9
To uninstall only the multimedia-graphics package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove multimedia-graphics
Uninstall multimedia-graphics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall multimedia-graphics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove multimedia-graphics
Remove multimedia-graphics Configurations and Data
To remove multimedia-graphics configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge multimedia-graphics
Remove multimedia-graphics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove multimedia-graphics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multimedia-graphics
Dependencies
multimedia-graphics have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-graphics package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
