How To Install foliate on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install foliate on Debian 12.
What is foliate
foliate is:
Foliate is an ebook reader with many features:
- View .epub, .mobi, .azw, and .azw3 files in two-page view or scrolled view
- Fetch books from online catalogs using OPDS feeds
- Customize font, line-spacing, margins, and brightness
- Light, sepia, dark, and invert mode, or add your own custom themes
- Reading progress slider with chapter marks and reading time prediction
- Bookmarks and annotations
- Find in book
- Quick dictionary lookup with Wiktionary, Wikipedia, and dictd
- Touchpad gestures??use two-finger swipe to turn the page
- Basic text-to-speech support with eSpeak NG and Festival
- Sync or backup reading progress and notes
- Supports phones and tablets
There are three methods to install foliate 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 foliate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install foliate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install foliate
Install foliate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install foliate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install foliate
Install foliate 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 foliate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install foliate
How To Uninstall foliate on Debian 12
To uninstall only the foliate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove foliate
Uninstall foliate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall foliate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove foliate
Remove foliate Configurations and Data
To remove foliate configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge foliate
Remove foliate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove foliate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge foliate
Dependencies
foliate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install foliate package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
