How To Install screentest on Debian 10

Learn how to install screentest on Debian 10 with this tutorial. screentest is Utility to test the quality of screens

Introduction

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

What is screentest

screentest is:

Screentest is a CRT and LCD screen testing utility. Ever wondered how good the quality (sharpness, linearity, convergence, etc.) of your CRT/LCD monitor is? Screentest displays the testing patterns which you can use to evaluate the quality of your monitor.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install screentest

Install screentest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install screentest

Install screentest 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 screentest using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install screentest

How To Uninstall screentest on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove screentest

Uninstall screentest And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove screentest

Remove screentest Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge screentest

Remove screentest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge screentest

Dependencies

screentest have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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