How To Install gpick on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpick on Debian 11.
What is gpick
gpick is:
gpick is an advanced color picker used to pick colors from anywhere on the screen, mix them to get new colors, generate shades and tints, and export palettes to common file formats or simply copy them to the clipboard.
There are three methods to install gpick on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gpick Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gpick using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gpick
Install gpick Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gpick using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gpick
Install gpick 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 gpick using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gpick
How To Uninstall gpick on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gpick package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gpick
Uninstall gpick And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gpick and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpick
Remove gpick Configurations and Data
To remove gpick configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gpick
Remove gpick configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gpick configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpick
Dependencies
gpick have the following dependencies:
- libboost-filesystem1.74.0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libexpat1
- libgcc-s1
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- liblua5.4-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpick package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
