How To Install info-beamer on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install info-beamer on Debian 11. info-beamer is interactive multimedia presentation framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install info-beamer on Debian 11.

What is info-beamer

info-beamer is:

info-beamer allows you to rapidly prototype interactive multimedia presentations using the Lua programming language. A directory (called a node) consists of resource files (images, videos, fonts or shaders) and a control script called node.lua.

There are three methods to install info-beamer on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install info-beamer Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install info-beamer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install info-beamer

Install info-beamer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install info-beamer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install info-beamer

Install info-beamer 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 info-beamer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install info-beamer

How To Uninstall info-beamer on Debian 11

To uninstall only the info-beamer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove info-beamer

Uninstall info-beamer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall info-beamer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove info-beamer

Remove info-beamer Configurations and Data

To remove info-beamer configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge info-beamer

Remove info-beamer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove info-beamer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge info-beamer

Dependencies

info-beamer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install info-beamer package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.