How To Install icewm-lite on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icewm-lite on Debian 12.
What is icewm-lite
icewm-lite is:
IceWm is a Window Manager for X Window System. It is fast and memory-efficient, and it provides different looks and some desktop-like functionality.
This package only exists to maintain compatibility to system setups that relied on the former icewm-lite package. It can be safely removed once the system dependencies has been adjusted.
There are three methods to install icewm-lite 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 icewm-lite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icewm-lite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icewm-lite
Install icewm-lite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icewm-lite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icewm-lite
Install icewm-lite 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 icewm-lite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icewm-lite
How To Uninstall icewm-lite on Debian 12
To uninstall only the icewm-lite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icewm-lite
Uninstall icewm-lite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icewm-lite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icewm-lite
Remove icewm-lite Configurations and Data
To remove icewm-lite configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icewm-lite
Remove icewm-lite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icewm-lite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icewm-lite
Dependencies
icewm-lite have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icewm-lite package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
