How To Install hydrapaper on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hydrapaper on Debian 12.
What is hydrapaper
hydrapaper is:
HydraPaper is a wallpaper management utility intended for the GNOME Desktop. It can set background images for multiple monitor desktops independently.
It supports adapting images to different desktop ratios, zooming, centering or fitting images. A CLI interface is available.
Images can be marked as favorites or set randomly. The application provides options for customizing its functionality.
It is based on the GNOME Desktop but officially supports MAT, Budgie and Cinnamon.
There are three methods to install hydrapaper 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 hydrapaper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hydrapaper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hydrapaper
Install hydrapaper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hydrapaper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hydrapaper
Install hydrapaper 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 hydrapaper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hydrapaper
How To Uninstall hydrapaper on Debian 12
To uninstall only the hydrapaper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hydrapaper
Uninstall hydrapaper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hydrapaper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hydrapaper
Remove hydrapaper Configurations and Data
To remove hydrapaper configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hydrapaper
Remove hydrapaper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hydrapaper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hydrapaper
Dependencies
hydrapaper have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hydrapaper package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.