How To Install gtk3-nocsd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk3-nocsd on Debian 9.
What is gtk3-nocsd
gtk3-nocsd is:
gtk3-nocsd LD_PRELOADs a small library to disable the client side decorations (CSD) of Gtk+ 3.
Since Gtk+ 3.10, its developers added a so-called header bar or custom title bar. With this and the client-side decoration, the original title bar and window border provided by the window manager are disabled by Gtk+. This makes all Gtk+ 3 programs look like alike, but have different handling from other windows on non-GNOME desktops. Even worse, this may break some window manager or compositors.
Unfortunately, there is no reliable way of turning off CSDs in Gtk+ directly. This library makes this possible.
There are three methods to install gtk3-nocsd on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gtk3-nocsd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk3-nocsd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gtk3-nocsd
Install gtk3-nocsd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk3-nocsd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gtk3-nocsd
Install gtk3-nocsd 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 gtk3-nocsd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gtk3-nocsd
How To Uninstall gtk3-nocsd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gtk3-nocsd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gtk3-nocsd
Uninstall gtk3-nocsd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gtk3-nocsd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtk3-nocsd
Remove gtk3-nocsd Configurations and Data
To remove gtk3-nocsd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gtk3-nocsd
Remove gtk3-nocsd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gtk3-nocsd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtk3-nocsd
Dependencies
gtk3-nocsd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk3-nocsd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.