How To Install unicode-screensaver on Debian 10

Learn how to install unicode-screensaver on Debian 10 with this tutorial. unicode-screensaver is screensaver displaying unicode characters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unicode-screensaver on Debian 10.

What is unicode-screensaver

unicode-screensaver is:

The unicode-screensaver is a simple screensaver application that repeatedly randomly picks an unicode character and displays it in a very large font size together with its unicode code point and the character name.

It works with xscreensaver or gnome-screensaver.

There are three methods to install unicode-screensaver 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 unicode-screensaver Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install unicode-screensaver

Install unicode-screensaver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install unicode-screensaver

Install unicode-screensaver 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 unicode-screensaver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unicode-screensaver

How To Uninstall unicode-screensaver on Debian 10

To uninstall only the unicode-screensaver package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unicode-screensaver

Uninstall unicode-screensaver And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unicode-screensaver

Remove unicode-screensaver Configurations and Data

To remove unicode-screensaver configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge unicode-screensaver

Remove unicode-screensaver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unicode-screensaver

Dependencies

unicode-screensaver have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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