How To Install growl-for-linux on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install growl-for-linux on Debian 12.
What is growl-for-linux
growl-for-linux is:
Growl For Linux is a linux-compatible notification system of Growl. Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X. It uses GNTP (Growl Notification Transport Protocol) for notification.
Growl For Linux provides four kind of display styles - balloon, fog, libnotify and nico2. The display style is implemented as a plugin, so you can add a new display style if you want.
And more, Growl For Linux supports subscriber which will interact with other software. Currently Growl For Linux supports Rhythmbox.
There are three methods to install growl-for-linux 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 growl-for-linux Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install growl-for-linux using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install growl-for-linux
Install growl-for-linux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install growl-for-linux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install growl-for-linux
Install growl-for-linux 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 growl-for-linux using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install growl-for-linux
How To Uninstall growl-for-linux on Debian 12
To uninstall only the growl-for-linux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove growl-for-linux
Uninstall growl-for-linux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall growl-for-linux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove growl-for-linux
Remove growl-for-linux Configurations and Data
To remove growl-for-linux configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge growl-for-linux
Remove growl-for-linux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove growl-for-linux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge growl-for-linux
Dependencies
growl-for-linux have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcurl4
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libnotify4
- libpango-1.0-0
- libsqlite3-0
- libssl3
- libxml2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install growl-for-linux package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
