How To Install variety on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install variety on Debian 9.
What is variety
variety is:
Variety is an open-source wallpaper changer, downloader, and manager for Linux. It supports a variety of sources for wallpapers, including local files, online services such as Flickr, Wallhaven.cc, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day, Desktoppr.co, and media RSS feeds (Picasa, deviantART, etc.).
There are three methods to install variety on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install variety Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install variety using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install variety
Install variety Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install variety using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install variety
Install variety 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 variety using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install variety
How To Uninstall variety on Debian 9
To uninstall only the variety package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove variety
Uninstall variety And Its Dependencies
To uninstall variety and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove variety
Remove variety Configurations and Data
To remove variety configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge variety
Remove variety configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove variety configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge variety
Dependencies
variety have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install variety package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
