How To Install libbemenu-x11 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbemenu-x11 on Debian 12.
What is libbemenu-x11
libbemenu-x11 is:
bemenu is a dynamic menu for tty (using ncurses), X11 and/or Wayland, inspired by dmenu. It reads a list of newline-separated items from standard input. When the user selects an item and presses Return, their choice is printed to standard output and bemenu terminates. Entering text will narrow the items to those matching the tokens in the input.
This package contains the X11 backend.
There are three methods to install libbemenu-x11 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 libbemenu-x11 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbemenu-x11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbemenu-x11
Install libbemenu-x11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbemenu-x11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbemenu-x11
Install libbemenu-x11 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 libbemenu-x11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbemenu-x11
How To Uninstall libbemenu-x11 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libbemenu-x11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbemenu-x11
Uninstall libbemenu-x11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbemenu-x11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbemenu-x11
Remove libbemenu-x11 Configurations and Data
To remove libbemenu-x11 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbemenu-x11
Remove libbemenu-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbemenu-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbemenu-x11
Dependencies
libbemenu-x11 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbemenu-x11 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
