How To Install revolt on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install revolt on Debian 11. revolt is better desktop integration for Element

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install revolt on Debian 11.

What is revolt

revolt is:

Revolt is a small application which wraps the Element webapp to provide better integration with desktop environments in general, and GNOME in particular:

  • Having Element as a “standalone” application with its own window, launcher, icon, etc. instead of it living in a browser tab.
  • Persistent notifications (for desktop environments supporting them, i.e. GNOME). Notifications are automatically prevented when the Revolt window is focused.
  • Status icon for desktop environment which have a tray bar applet (XFCE, Budgie, likely many others).

Element is a chat client for Matrix, an open, federated communications protocol.

There are three methods to install revolt on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install revolt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install revolt

Install revolt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install revolt

Install revolt 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 revolt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install revolt

How To Uninstall revolt on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove revolt

Uninstall revolt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall revolt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove revolt

Remove revolt Configurations and Data

To remove revolt configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge revolt

Remove revolt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge revolt

Dependencies

revolt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install revolt package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.