How To Install dizzy on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dizzy on Debian 9.
What is dizzy
dizzy is:
dizzy is a graphics demo that rotates planes of patterns on a colored background to make you dizzy. Textures can be cross-faded and there is a mode that automatically changes textures, allowing dizzy to be run as a screensaver.
There are three methods to install dizzy 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 dizzy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dizzy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dizzy
Install dizzy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dizzy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dizzy
Install dizzy 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 dizzy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dizzy
How To Uninstall dizzy on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dizzy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dizzy
Uninstall dizzy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dizzy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dizzy
Remove dizzy Configurations and Data
To remove dizzy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dizzy
Remove dizzy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dizzy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dizzy
Dependencies
dizzy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dizzy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.