How To Install plasma-bigscreen on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-bigscreen on Debian 12.
What is plasma-bigscreen
plasma-bigscreen is:
A big launcher giving you easy access to any installed apps and skills. Controllable via voice or TV remote. This project is using various open-source components like Plasma Bigscreen, Mycroft AI and libcec.
Voice Control Bigscreen supports Mycroft AI, a free and open-source voice assistant that can be run completely decentralized on your own server.
Remote control your TV via CEC Consumer Electronics Control is a standard to control devices over HDMI. Use your normal TV remote control, or a RC with built-in microphone for voice control and optional mouse simulation.
Coming soon: Voice apps Download new apps (aka skills) for your Bigscreen or add your own ones for others to enjoy.
There are three methods to install plasma-bigscreen 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 plasma-bigscreen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-bigscreen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-bigscreen
Install plasma-bigscreen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-bigscreen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-bigscreen
Install plasma-bigscreen 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 plasma-bigscreen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-bigscreen
How To Uninstall plasma-bigscreen on Debian 12
To uninstall only the plasma-bigscreen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-bigscreen
Uninstall plasma-bigscreen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-bigscreen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-bigscreen
Remove plasma-bigscreen Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-bigscreen configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-bigscreen
Remove plasma-bigscreen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-bigscreen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-bigscreen
Dependencies
plasma-bigscreen have the following dependencies:
- plasma-framework
- plasma-nano
- plasma-nm
- plasma-workspace
- python3
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libkf5activities5
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5configwidgets5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5kiogui5
- libkf5notifications5
- libkf5plasma5
- libkf5quickaddons5
- libkf5service-bin
- libkf5service5
- libkworkspace5-5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-bigscreen package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
