How To Install apwal on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apwal on Debian 9.
What is apwal
apwal is:
Apwal is a simple icon-based application launcher. It consists of two components: the application launcher itself, and the configuration editor.
Upon startup, Apwal displays icons at the mouse pointer location. Left clicking on the icons launches applications, and right-clicking opens Apwal Editor.
Apwal Editor is an easy to use graphical interface to configure Apwal. An icon selector displays icons available on your filesystem. Several filters are available to ease the search (by extension, by size, by name, etc.).
There are three methods to install apwal on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apwal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apwal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apwal
Install apwal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apwal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apwal
Install apwal 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 apwal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apwal
How To Uninstall apwal on Debian 9
To uninstall only the apwal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apwal
Uninstall apwal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apwal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apwal
Remove apwal Configurations and Data
To remove apwal configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apwal
Remove apwal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apwal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apwal
Dependencies
apwal have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libxml2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apwal package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.