How To Install afterstep-data on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install afterstep-data
on Debian 10.
What is afterstep-data
afterstep-data is:
AfterStep is a window manager based on FVWM which attempts to emulate the NEXTSTEP look and feel, while retaining the configurability of its predecessor. Note that this window manager makes extensive use of the color palette. If you have only an 8-bit color display, it will run as packaged, but you may want to modify the configuration to use fewer colors.
The package contains data and configuration files needed by AfterStep.
There are three methods to install afterstep-data
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 afterstep-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install afterstep-data
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install afterstep-data
Install afterstep-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install afterstep-data
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install afterstep-data
Install afterstep-data 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 afterstep-data
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install afterstep-data
How To Uninstall afterstep-data on Debian 10
To uninstall only the afterstep-data
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove afterstep-data
Uninstall afterstep-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall afterstep-data
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove afterstep-data
Remove afterstep-data Configurations and Data
To remove afterstep-data
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge afterstep-data
Remove afterstep-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove afterstep-data
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge afterstep-data
Dependencies
afterstep-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install afterstep-data
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.