How To Install imv on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install imv on Debian 12.
What is imv
imv is:
imv is a command line image viewer for X11 and Wayland aimed at users of tiling window managers. It has native Wayland and X11 support and can handle dozens of image formats, including: PNG, BMP, JPEG, TIFF, SVG, HEIF.
The package provides the imv-x11 and x11-wayland binaries. The imv wrapper
script is installed in /usr/libexec/imv/ due to a file name clash.
There are three methods to install imv 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 imv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install imv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install imv
Install imv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install imv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install imv
Install imv 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 imv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install imv
How To Uninstall imv on Debian 12
To uninstall only the imv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove imv
Uninstall imv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall imv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove imv
Remove imv Configurations and Data
To remove imv configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge imv
Remove imv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove imv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge imv
Dependencies
imv have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libegl1
- libfreeimage3
- libgl1
- libglib2.0-0
- libheif1
- libicu72
- libinih1
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpng16-16
- librsvg2-2
- libtiff6
- libwayland-client0
- libwayland-egl1
- libx11-6
- libxcb1
- libxkbcommon-x11-0
- libxkbcommon0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install imv package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.