How To Install idesk on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install idesk on Debian 11.
What is idesk
idesk is:
Idesk displays icons with a short description on the desktop and gives shortcuts to launch any X app.
The icons can be resized, use tooltip and has transparency with other nice image effects. It can use many images types formats how PNG, JPG, GIF, XPM, etc. Idesk also allows the binding of different actions to every mouse button.
There are three methods to install idesk 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 idesk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install idesk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install idesk
Install idesk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install idesk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install idesk
Install idesk 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 idesk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install idesk
How To Uninstall idesk on Debian 11
To uninstall only the idesk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove idesk
Uninstall idesk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall idesk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove idesk
Remove idesk Configurations and Data
To remove idesk configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge idesk
Remove idesk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove idesk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge idesk
Dependencies
idesk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install idesk package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
