How To Install imv on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install imv
on Debian 10.
What is imv
imv is:
imv is an image viewer for X11 and Wayland, aimed at users of tiling window managers. It supports a wide variety of image file formats, including animated gif files. imv will automatically reload the current image, if it is changed on disk.
Please note: the executable and the associated manpages were renamed from ??imv?? to ??imvr?? because of a name clash.
There are three methods to install imv
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 imv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install imv
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install imv
Install imv Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install imv
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install imv
Install imv 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 imv
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install imv
How To Uninstall imv on Debian 10
To uninstall only the imv
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove imv
Uninstall imv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall imv
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove imv
Remove imv Configurations and Data
To remove imv
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge imv
Remove imv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove imv
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge imv
Dependencies
imv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install imv
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.