How To Install fuzzel on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuzzel on Debian 12.
What is fuzzel
fuzzel is:
Fuzzel is a Wayland-native application launcher, similar to rofi’s drun mode.
Features:
- Wayland native
- Rofi drun-like mode of operation
- dmenu mode where newline separated entries are read from stdin
- Emacs key bindings
- Icons!
- Remembers frequently launched applications
There are three methods to install fuzzel 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 fuzzel Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fuzzel using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fuzzel
Install fuzzel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fuzzel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fuzzel
Install fuzzel 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 fuzzel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fuzzel
How To Uninstall fuzzel on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fuzzel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fuzzel
Uninstall fuzzel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fuzzel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fuzzel
Remove fuzzel Configurations and Data
To remove fuzzel configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fuzzel
Remove fuzzel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fuzzel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fuzzel
Dependencies
fuzzel have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfcft4
- libfontconfig1
- libpixman-1-0
- libpng16-16
- libwayland-client0
- libwayland-cursor0
- libxkbcommon0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuzzel package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
