How To Install gamescope on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gamescope on Debian 12.
What is gamescope
gamescope is:
Gamescope wraps your games to give them scaling and fullscreen options. It provides a Wayland compositor to your games, but gamescope runs under both Wayland and X.org.
Your game sees a virtual display at the resolution you specified. You see a scaled view in a window or fullscreen. This is useful when either the game or your system do not permit running the game at native window/screen sizes. You can also use integer scaling to keep your pixels sharp and pixelated.
There are three methods to install gamescope 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 gamescope Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gamescope using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gamescope
Install gamescope Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gamescope using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gamescope
Install gamescope 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 gamescope using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gamescope
How To Uninstall gamescope on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gamescope package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gamescope
Uninstall gamescope And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gamescope and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gamescope
Remove gamescope Configurations and Data
To remove gamescope configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gamescope
Remove gamescope configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gamescope configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gamescope
Dependencies
gamescope have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gamescope package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
