How To Install design-desktop on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install design-desktop
on Debian 9.
What is design-desktop
design-desktop is:
This is a shared package for Debian Design desktop blends.
Debian Design is a subset of Debian for use by visual designers.
There are three methods to install design-desktop
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 design-desktop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install design-desktop
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install design-desktop
Install design-desktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install design-desktop
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install design-desktop
Install design-desktop 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 design-desktop
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install design-desktop
How To Uninstall design-desktop on Debian 9
To uninstall only the design-desktop
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove design-desktop
Uninstall design-desktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall design-desktop
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove design-desktop
Remove design-desktop Configurations and Data
To remove design-desktop
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge design-desktop
Remove design-desktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove design-desktop
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge design-desktop
Dependencies
design-desktop have the following dependencies:
- task-xfce-desktop
- task-laptop
- abiword
- alsa-utils
- apt-listchanges
- aptitude
- buku
- bzip2
- dfc
- evince
- firefox-esr
- git
- gnome-system-tools
- gnumeric
- gtk2-engines-xfce
- gvfs
- info
- less
- libgl1-mesa-dri
- libreoffice-calc
- libreoffice-gtk2
- libreoffice-impress
- libreoffice-ogltrans
- libreoffice-style-tango
- libreoffice-writer
- lightdm
- lightning
- links
- man-db
- manpages
- mc
- mpv
- mtr-tiny
- myrepos
- ncdu
- needrestart
- network-manager-gnome
- pasystray
- pavucontrol
- popularity-contest
- pulseaudio
- pulseaudio-utils
- rsync
- tango-icon-theme
- thunar
- thunderbird
- unicode-screensaver
- v4l-utils
- volti
- wget
- xfce4-notifyd
- xfce4-power-manager
- xfce4-power-manager-plugins
- xfce4-session
- xserver-xorg
- xul-ext-sieve
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install design-desktop
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.