How To Install fbi on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fbi on Debian 10.
What is fbi
fbi is:
This is an image viewer for Linux frame buffer devices. It has built-in support for a number of common image file formats. For unknown files, it tries to use convert from the ImageMagick package as an external converter. It also includes fbgs, a Postscript and PDF viewer.
There are three methods to install fbi 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 fbi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fbi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fbi
Install fbi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fbi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fbi
Install fbi 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 fbi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fbi
How To Uninstall fbi on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fbi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fbi
Uninstall fbi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fbi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fbi
Remove fbi Configurations and Data
To remove fbi configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fbi
Remove fbi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fbi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fbi
Dependencies
fbi have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libexif12
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgif7
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libpng16-16
- libtiff5
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fbi package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
