How To Install byzanz on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install byzanz on Debian 11.
What is byzanz
byzanz is:
Byzanz is a desktop recorder and command line tool allowing you to record your current desktop or parts of it to an animated GIF, Ogg Theora, Flash or WebM. This is especially useful for publishing on the web.
Byzanz also allows recording of audio, when the output format supports it.
There are three methods to install byzanz 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 byzanz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install byzanz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install byzanz
Install byzanz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install byzanz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install byzanz
Install byzanz 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 byzanz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install byzanz
How To Uninstall byzanz on Debian 11
To uninstall only the byzanz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove byzanz
Uninstall byzanz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall byzanz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove byzanz
Remove byzanz Configurations and Data
To remove byzanz configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge byzanz
Remove byzanz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove byzanz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge byzanz
Dependencies
byzanz have the following dependencies:
- gstreamer1.0-libav
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libglib2.0-0
- libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libxdamage1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install byzanz package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.