How To Install emerald on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emerald on Debian 11.
What is emerald
emerald is:
Emerald is a window decorator for the Compiz window manager, using a custom theme format (*.emerald). It is highly customizable and supports different theme engines, with transparency and precise placement of borders and window title elements.
This package provides a decorator for compiz and a themer application.
There are three methods to install emerald 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 emerald Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emerald using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emerald
Install emerald Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emerald using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emerald
Install emerald 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 emerald using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emerald
How To Uninstall emerald on Debian 11
To uninstall only the emerald package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emerald
Uninstall emerald And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emerald and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emerald
Remove emerald Configurations and Data
To remove emerald configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emerald
Remove emerald configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emerald configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emerald
Dependencies
emerald have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emerald package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.