How To Install colorname on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install colorname on Debian 9.
What is colorname
colorname is:
colorname tries to assign a name to a color using external color definitions and a little math.
For this it calculates the Euclidean distance between the currently selected color and all predefined colors, either in the YIQ, RGB or HSV color space.
There are three methods to install colorname 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 colorname Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install colorname using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install colorname
Install colorname Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install colorname using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install colorname
Install colorname 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 colorname using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install colorname
How To Uninstall colorname on Debian 9
To uninstall only the colorname package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove colorname
Uninstall colorname And Its Dependencies
To uninstall colorname and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove colorname
Remove colorname Configurations and Data
To remove colorname configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge colorname
Remove colorname configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove colorname configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colorname
Dependencies
colorname have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install colorname package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.