How To Install colortest-python on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install colortest-python
on Debian 11.
What is colortest-python
colortest-python is:
Most terminals are capable of displaying 16 colors; 8 colors and 2 different brightness values, some (like xterm) can display more, even 256 colors.
The program automatically detects 8, 16, 88, 256 color capabilities (via ncurses) and displays the appropriate color charts. Program can display the colors as blocks or 2d cubes optionally with color values overlaid in int or hex values, it can show the full rgb text string and show the display with a vertical (default) or horizontal orientation.
In addition to the color charts it can also convert between 256 and 88 color values. This can be useful when converting various terminals like between urxvt and xterm-256.
The goal in writing this script was to provide all the functionality of all the various terminal color displaying scripts found around the web in one place with some additional bells and whistles.
There are three methods to install colortest-python
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 colortest-python Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install colortest-python
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install colortest-python
Install colortest-python Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install colortest-python
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install colortest-python
Install colortest-python 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 colortest-python
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install colortest-python
How To Uninstall colortest-python on Debian 11
To uninstall only the colortest-python
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove colortest-python
Uninstall colortest-python And Its Dependencies
To uninstall colortest-python
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove colortest-python
Remove colortest-python Configurations and Data
To remove colortest-python
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge colortest-python
Remove colortest-python configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove colortest-python
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colortest-python
Dependencies
colortest-python have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install colortest-python
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.