How To Install pqiv on Debian 10

Learn how to install pqiv on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pqiv is Powerful image viewer with minimal UI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pqiv on Debian 10.

What is pqiv

pqiv is:

pqiv is a powerful GTK 3 based command-line image viewer with a minimal UI. It is highly customizable, can be fully controlled from scripts, and has support for various file formats including PDF, Postscript, video files and archives. It is optimized to be quick and responsive.

It comes with support for animations, slideshows, transparency, VIM-like key bindings, automated loading of new images as they appear, external image filters, image preloading, and much more.

pqiv started as a Python rewrite of qiv avoiding imlib, but evolved into a much more powerful tool. Today, pqiv stands for powerful quick image viewer.

There are three methods to install pqiv 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 pqiv Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pqiv

Install pqiv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pqiv using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pqiv

Install pqiv 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 pqiv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pqiv

How To Uninstall pqiv on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pqiv package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pqiv

Uninstall pqiv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pqiv

Remove pqiv Configurations and Data

To remove pqiv configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pqiv

Remove pqiv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pqiv

Dependencies

pqiv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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