How To Install hsetroot on Debian 10

Learn how to install hsetroot on Debian 10 with this tutorial. hsetroot is tool for composing root-pixmaps for X11

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.