How To Install fbcat on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fbcat on Debian 12.
What is fbcat
fbcat is:
fbcat grabs a screenshot of a framebuffer and stores in a PPM file.
This package also provides a compatibility wrapper around fbcat to ease migration from fbgrab.
There are three methods to install fbcat on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fbcat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fbcat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fbcat
Install fbcat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fbcat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fbcat
Install fbcat 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 fbcat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fbcat
How To Uninstall fbcat on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fbcat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fbcat
Uninstall fbcat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fbcat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fbcat
Remove fbcat Configurations and Data
To remove fbcat configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fbcat
Remove fbcat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fbcat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fbcat
Dependencies
fbcat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fbcat package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.