How To Install xli on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install xli on Debian 9. xli is command line tool for viewing images in X11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xli on Debian 9.

What is xli

xli is:

xli can view the following image types under X11: FBM Image, Sun Rasterfile, CMU WM Raster, Portable Bit Map (PBM, PGM, PPM), Portable Network Graphics (PNG), Faces Project, GIF Image, JFIF style jpeg Image, Utah RLE Image, Windows, OS/2 RLE Image, Photograph on CD Image, X Window Dump, Targa Image, McIDAS areafile, G3 FAX Image, PC Paintbrush Image, GEM Bit Image, MacPaint Image, X Pixmap, X Bitmap.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xli

Install xli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xli

Install xli 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 xli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xli

How To Uninstall xli on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove xli

Uninstall xli And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xli

Remove xli Configurations and Data

To remove xli configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xli

Remove xli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xli

Dependencies

xli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xli package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.