How To Install gliv on Debian 10

Learn how to install gliv on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gliv is image viewer using gdk-pixbuf and OpenGL

Introduction

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

What is gliv

gliv is:

GLiv is an image viewer that uses gdk-pixbuf to load images, and OpenGL to render them. Moving and zooming is very fast and smooth if you have an OpenGL board.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gliv

Install gliv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gliv

Install gliv 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 gliv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gliv

How To Uninstall gliv on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove gliv

Uninstall gliv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gliv

Remove gliv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gliv

Remove gliv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gliv

Dependencies

gliv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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