How To Install grafx2 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install grafx2 on Debian 11. grafx2 is ultimate 256-color bitmap paint program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grafx2 on Debian 11.

What is `grafx2`

grafx2 is:

This is a bitmap paint program that allows you to draw in more than 60 video resolutions (from 320x200 to 1024x768, including most of the standard Amiga resolutions: 320x256, 320x512, 640x256, 640x512, and more, provided your videocard knows how to handle them).

This program is dedicated to everybody who knows what a single pixel is. Its layout is not very different from the famous Deluxe Paint or Brilliance, so it will be quite easy to handle it if you know at least one of these programs. If you aren’t used to the art of drawing with up to 256 colors, it will be a little more difficult for you, but you should give it a try (or more, because most of the power of this program won’t show up on the first try).

There are three methods to install grafx2 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install grafx2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install grafx2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install grafx2

Install grafx2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install grafx2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install grafx2

Install grafx2 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 grafx2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grafx2

How To Uninstall grafx2 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the grafx2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove grafx2

Uninstall grafx2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall grafx2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grafx2

Remove grafx2 Configurations and Data

To remove grafx2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge grafx2

Remove grafx2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove grafx2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grafx2

Dependencies

grafx2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grafx2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.