How To Install frame-tools on Debian 10

Learn how to install frame-tools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. frame-tools is Touch Frame Library - test tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install frame-tools on Debian 10.

What is frame-tools

frame-tools is:

This library handles the buildup and synchronization of a set of simultaneous touches. The library is input agnostic, with bindings for mtdev, frame and XI2.1.

This package provides some test tools for the frame library.

There are three methods to install frame-tools 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 frame-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install frame-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install frame-tools

Install frame-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install frame-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install frame-tools

Install frame-tools 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 frame-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install frame-tools

How To Uninstall frame-tools on Debian 10

To uninstall only the frame-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove frame-tools

Uninstall frame-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall frame-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove frame-tools

Remove frame-tools Configurations and Data

To remove frame-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge frame-tools

Remove frame-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove frame-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge frame-tools

Dependencies

frame-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install frame-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.