How To Install lcdproc on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lcdproc on Debian 10.
What is lcdproc
lcdproc is:
Lcdproc is a client/server suite including drivers for all kinds of nifty LCD displays. The server supports several serial devices: Matrix Orbital, Crystal Fontz, Bayrad, LB216, LCDM001 (kernelconcepts.de), Wirz-SLI and PIC-an-LCD; and some devices connected to the LPT port: HD44780, STV5730, T6963, SED1520 and SED1330.
Various clients are available that display things like CPU load, system load, memory usage, uptime, and a lot more. Custom clients can be written using the simple client-server protocol and provided example code.
This package contains the LCD drivers which need no extra libraries to run. In the lcdproc-extra-drivers package some USB and VGA on-screen displays are also supported.
There are three methods to install lcdproc 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 lcdproc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lcdproc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lcdproc
Install lcdproc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lcdproc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lcdproc
Install lcdproc 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 lcdproc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lcdproc
How To Uninstall lcdproc on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lcdproc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lcdproc
Uninstall lcdproc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lcdproc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lcdproc
Remove lcdproc Configurations and Data
To remove lcdproc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lcdproc
Remove lcdproc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lcdproc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lcdproc
Dependencies
lcdproc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lcdproc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.