How To Install kscreen on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kscreen on Debian 10.
What is kscreen
kscreen is:
KScreen provides multiple monitor support. This support tries to be as smart as possible adapting the behavior of it to each use case making the configuration of monitors as simple as plugging them into your computer.
This package contains the modules and plugins for monitor hotplug and automatic screen handling.
There are three methods to install kscreen on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kscreen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kscreen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kscreen
Install kscreen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kscreen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kscreen
Install kscreen 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 kscreen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kscreen
How To Uninstall kscreen on Debian 10
To uninstall only the kscreen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kscreen
Uninstall kscreen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kscreen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kscreen
Remove kscreen Configurations and Data
To remove kscreen configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kscreen
Remove kscreen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kscreen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kscreen
Dependencies
kscreen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kscreen package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.