How To Install gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant on Debian 12.
What is gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant
gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant is:
An extension which adds a Windows-like snap assist to GNOME Shell.
It also expands GNOME’s 2 column tiling design and adds more features, like:
- Tiling Popup: This is the popup, which shows up when a window is tiled and there is an (unambiguous) free screen rectangle. It lists all open windows on the current workspace. Activating one of the popup’s icons will tile the window to fill the remaining screen space.
- Tile Groups: Tiled windows are considered in a group, if they don’t overlap each other and aren’t interrupted by non-tiled windows. If one of the windows is focused, the rest of the group will be raised to the foreground as well. A Tile Group also resizes together.
- Layouts: A layout is a list of arbitrary rectangles. When activating one with its keybinding the Tiling Popup asks you which of the open windows you want at which spot of your layout. The layout selector is a popup, which will lists all defined layouts by name. This way you don’t have to remember the layouts’ keybindings.
- Pie Menu: Super + RMB on a window will open a simple pie menu.
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant 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-shell-extension-tiling-assistant 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-shell-extension-tiling-assistant using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant
Install gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant
Install gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant 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-shell-extension-tiling-assistant using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant
Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant
Remove gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant
Remove gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant
Dependencies
gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant have the following dependencies:
References
- gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant website
- gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant on packages.debian.org
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
