How To Install marble on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install marble on Debian 11. marble is globe and map widget

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install marble on Debian 11.

What is marble

marble is:

Marble is a generic geographical map widget and framework for KDE applications. The Marble widget shows the earth as a sphere but does not require hardware acceleration. A minimal set of geographical data is included, so it can be used without an internet connection.

This package is part of the KDE education module.

There are three methods to install marble 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 marble Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install marble using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install marble

Install marble Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install marble using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install marble

Install marble 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 marble using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install marble

How To Uninstall marble on Debian 11

To uninstall only the marble package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove marble

Uninstall marble And Its Dependencies

To uninstall marble and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove marble

Remove marble Configurations and Data

To remove marble configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge marble

Remove marble configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove marble configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge marble

Dependencies

marble have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install marble package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.