How To Install calamares-settings-mobian on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install calamares-settings-mobian on Debian 12.

What is calamares-settings-mobian

calamares-settings-mobian is:

This package contains the branding, configuration and scripts required to boot to calamares and install Mobian on a small, touch screen only device.

There are three methods to install calamares-settings-mobian on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install calamares-settings-mobian Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install calamares-settings-mobian

Install calamares-settings-mobian Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install calamares-settings-mobian using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install calamares-settings-mobian

Install calamares-settings-mobian 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 calamares-settings-mobian using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install calamares-settings-mobian

How To Uninstall calamares-settings-mobian on Debian 12

To uninstall only the calamares-settings-mobian package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove calamares-settings-mobian

Uninstall calamares-settings-mobian And Its Dependencies

To uninstall calamares-settings-mobian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove calamares-settings-mobian

Remove calamares-settings-mobian Configurations and Data

To remove calamares-settings-mobian configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge calamares-settings-mobian

Remove calamares-settings-mobian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove calamares-settings-mobian configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge calamares-settings-mobian

Dependencies

calamares-settings-mobian have the following dependencies:

• calamares
• calamares-extensions
• cryptsetup
• fdisk
• parted
• python3
• squashfs-tools
• btrfs-progs
• e2fsprogs

References

• calamares-settings-mobian website
• calamares-settings-mobian on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install calamares-settings-mobian package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.