How To Install gromit on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gromit on Debian 10.
What is gromit
gromit is:
Gromit enables you to make annotations on your screen.
This is especially useful when making presentations, to highlight things or point out things of interest.
Gromit is XInput-Aware, so if you have a graphic tablet you can draw lines with different strength, color, erase things, etc.
There are three methods to install gromit on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gromit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gromit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gromit
Install gromit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gromit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gromit
Install gromit 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 gromit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gromit
How To Uninstall gromit on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gromit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gromit
Uninstall gromit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gromit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gromit
Remove gromit Configurations and Data
To remove gromit configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gromit
Remove gromit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gromit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gromit
Dependencies
gromit 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
- libx11-6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gromit package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.