How To Install gnome-characters on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-characters on Debian 12.
What is gnome-characters
gnome-characters is:
Characters is a simple utility application to find and insert unusual characters.
There are three methods to install gnome-characters 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 gnome-characters Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-characters using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-characters
Install gnome-characters Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-characters using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-characters
Install gnome-characters 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 gnome-characters using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-characters
How To Uninstall gnome-characters on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnome-characters package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-characters
Uninstall gnome-characters And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-characters and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-characters
Remove gnome-characters Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-characters configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-characters
Remove gnome-characters configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-characters configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-characters
Dependencies
gnome-characters have the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0
- gir1.2-glib-2.0
- gir1.2-gnomedesktop-4.0
- gir1.2-gtk-4.0
- gir1.2-adw-1
- gjs
- libglib2.0-bin
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-characters package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.