How To Install displaycal on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install displaycal on Debian 10.
What is displaycal
displaycal is:
Calibrates and characterizes display devices using a hardware sensor, driven by the open source color management system Argyll CMS. Supports multi-display setups and a variety of available settings like customizable whitepoint, luminance, black level, tone response curve as well as the creation of matrix and look-up-table ICC profiles with optional gamut mapping. Calibrations and profiles can be verified through measurements, and profiles can be installed to make them available to color management aware applications. Profile installation can utilize Argyll CMS, Oyranos and/or GNOME Color Manager if available, for flexible integration.
There are three methods to install displaycal on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install displaycal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install displaycal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install displaycal
Install displaycal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install displaycal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install displaycal
Install displaycal 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 displaycal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install displaycal
How To Uninstall displaycal on Debian 10
To uninstall only the displaycal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove displaycal
Uninstall displaycal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall displaycal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove displaycal
Remove displaycal Configurations and Data
To remove displaycal configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge displaycal
Remove displaycal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove displaycal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge displaycal
Dependencies
displaycal have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install displaycal package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.