How To Install gcolor2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcolor2 on Debian 9.
What is gcolor2
gcolor2 is:
Gcolor2 is a simple GTK2 color selector to provide a quick and easy way to find colors for whatever task is at hand. Colors can be saved and deleted as well.
Homepage: http://gcolor2.sourceforge.net/
There are three methods to install gcolor2 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gcolor2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gcolor2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gcolor2
Install gcolor2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gcolor2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gcolor2
Install gcolor2 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 gcolor2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gcolor2
How To Uninstall gcolor2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gcolor2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gcolor2
Uninstall gcolor2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gcolor2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcolor2
Remove gcolor2 Configurations and Data
To remove gcolor2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gcolor2
Remove gcolor2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gcolor2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcolor2
Dependencies
gcolor2 have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcolor2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.