How To Install hsetroot on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hsetroot
on Debian 10.
What is hsetroot
hsetroot is:
hsetroot is a tool which allows you to compose wallpapers (“root pixmaps”) for X. It has a lot of options like rendering gradients, solids, images but it also allows you to perform manipulations on those things, or chain them together.
There are three methods to install hsetroot
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 hsetroot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hsetroot
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hsetroot
Install hsetroot Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hsetroot
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hsetroot
Install hsetroot 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 hsetroot
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hsetroot
How To Uninstall hsetroot on Debian 10
To uninstall only the hsetroot
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hsetroot
Uninstall hsetroot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hsetroot
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hsetroot
Remove hsetroot Configurations and Data
To remove hsetroot
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hsetroot
Remove hsetroot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hsetroot
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hsetroot
Dependencies
hsetroot have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hsetroot
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.