How To Install launchy-skins on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install launchy-skins on Debian 9. launchy-skins is more skins for launchy, the smart search launcher

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install launchy-skins on Debian 9.

What is launchy-skins

launchy-skins is:

Launchy is the most efficient way to open files, folders, websites, and programs on your computer.

These are the non-default skins included with the main distribution: Note, Spotlight Wide, Simple, Black Glass, Black Glass Wide, Mercury, Mercury Wide and QuickSilver2.

You probably need a compositing window manager for these skins to work properly.

There are three methods to install launchy-skins on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install launchy-skins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install launchy-skins

Install launchy-skins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install launchy-skins

Install launchy-skins 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 launchy-skins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install launchy-skins

How To Uninstall launchy-skins on Debian 9

To uninstall only the launchy-skins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove launchy-skins

Uninstall launchy-skins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall launchy-skins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove launchy-skins

Remove launchy-skins Configurations and Data

To remove launchy-skins configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge launchy-skins

Remove launchy-skins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge launchy-skins

Dependencies

launchy-skins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install launchy-skins package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.