How To Install cog on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cog on Debian 11.
What is cog
cog is:
Cog is a small, single-window web browser based on WPE WebKit. It provides no user interface and is suitable to be used as a web application container for embedded devices in kiosk mode.
There are three methods to install cog 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 cog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cog
Install cog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cog
Install cog 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 cog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cog
How To Uninstall cog on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cog
Uninstall cog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cog
Remove cog Configurations and Data
To remove cog configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cog
Remove cog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cog
Dependencies
cog have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libegl1
- libglib2.0-0
- libsoup2.4-1
- libwayland-client0
- libwayland-cursor0
- libwpe-1.0-1
- libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-1
- libwpewebkit-1.0-3
- libxkbcommon0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cog package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.