How To Install devilspie2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install devilspie2
on Debian 11.
What is devilspie2
devilspie2 is:
Devilspie2 is a window matching utility, allowing the user to perform scripted actions on windows as they are created. For example, you can script a terminal program to always be positioned at a specific screen position, or automatically position a window on a specific workspace.
It is a continuation of Ross Burton’s project Devilspie, with the most significant change that the symbolic expressions of that project are replaced with a Lua interpreter.
There are three methods to install devilspie2
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 devilspie2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install devilspie2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install devilspie2
Install devilspie2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install devilspie2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install devilspie2
Install devilspie2 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 devilspie2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install devilspie2
How To Uninstall devilspie2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the devilspie2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove devilspie2
Uninstall devilspie2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall devilspie2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove devilspie2
Remove devilspie2 Configurations and Data
To remove devilspie2
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge devilspie2
Remove devilspie2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove devilspie2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge devilspie2
Dependencies
devilspie2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install devilspie2
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.