How To Install charmap.app on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install charmap.app on Debian 12.
What is charmap.app
charmap.app is:
This is a character map. It is developed using the GNUstep development environment (www.gnustep.org) and is meant to contribute to GNUstep’s promise towards a desktop environment.
Charmap offers font selection, allowing one to easily see all the glyphs which a particular font offers.
There are three methods to install charmap.app 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 charmap.app Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install charmap.app using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install charmap.app
Install charmap.app Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install charmap.app using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install charmap.app
Install charmap.app 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 charmap.app using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install charmap.app
How To Uninstall charmap.app on Debian 12
To uninstall only the charmap.app package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove charmap.app
Uninstall charmap.app And Its Dependencies
To uninstall charmap.app and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove charmap.app
Remove charmap.app Configurations and Data
To remove charmap.app configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge charmap.app
Remove charmap.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove charmap.app configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge charmap.app
Dependencies
charmap.app have the following dependencies:
- charmap.app-common
- gnustep-back0.29
- gnustep-base-runtime
- gnustep-gui-runtime
- libc6
- libgnustep-base1.28
- libgnustep-gui0.29
- libobjc4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install charmap.app package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.