How To Install kmscon on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kmscon on Debian 12.
What is kmscon
kmscon is:
kmscon is a system console for Linux. It does not depend on any graphics-server on your system (like X.org), but instead provides a raw console layer that can be used independently. It can replace the Linux kernel console entirely but was designed to work well side-by-side, too. Even though initially targeted at providing internationalization to the system-console, it has grown into a fully modularized console layer including features like multi-head support, internationalized font rendering, XKB-compatible keyboard handling, hardware-accelerated graphics access and more.
There are three methods to install kmscon 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 kmscon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kmscon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kmscon
Install kmscon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kmscon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kmscon
Install kmscon 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 kmscon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kmscon
How To Uninstall kmscon on Debian 12
To uninstall only the kmscon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kmscon
Uninstall kmscon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kmscon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kmscon
Remove kmscon Configurations and Data
To remove kmscon configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kmscon
Remove kmscon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kmscon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kmscon
Dependencies
kmscon have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- libc6
- libdrm2
- libegl1
- libgbm1
- libgles2
- libglib2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libpixman-1-0
- libsystemd0
- libtsm4
- libudev1
- libxkbcommon0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kmscon package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
