How To Install gxmms2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gxmms2 on Debian 10.
What is gxmms2
gxmms2 is:
gxmms2 is a GTK2-based XMMS2 client, written in C. Its main window is small and simple. It includes a playlist editor with a medialib search and an artist browser and a file information dialog.
There are three methods to install gxmms2 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 gxmms2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gxmms2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gxmms2
Install gxmms2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gxmms2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gxmms2
Install gxmms2 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 gxmms2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gxmms2
How To Uninstall gxmms2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gxmms2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gxmms2
Uninstall gxmms2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gxmms2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gxmms2
Remove gxmms2 Configurations and Data
To remove gxmms2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gxmms2
Remove gxmms2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gxmms2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gxmms2
Dependencies
gxmms2 have the following dependencies:
- xmms2-icon
- 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
- libxmmsclient-glib1
- libxmmsclient6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gxmms2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.