How To Install metacity on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install metacity on Debian 11.
What is metacity
metacity is:
Metacity is a small window manager, using GTK+ to do everything.
As the author says, metacity is a “Boring window manager for the adult in you. Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios.”
This package contains the core binaries.
There are three methods to install metacity 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 metacity Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install metacity using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install metacity
Install metacity Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install metacity using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install metacity
Install metacity 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 metacity using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install metacity
How To Uninstall metacity on Debian 11
To uninstall only the metacity package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove metacity
Uninstall metacity And Its Dependencies
To uninstall metacity and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove metacity
Remove metacity Configurations and Data
To remove metacity configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge metacity
Remove metacity configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove metacity configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge metacity
Dependencies
metacity have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install metacity package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
