How To Install libwings3 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwings3 on Debian 12.
What is libwings3
libwings3 is:
WINGs Is Not GNUstep (WINGs) is a small widget set with the NeXTSTEP look and feel. Its API is inspired in OpenSTEP and its implementation borrows some ideas from Tk. It has a reasonable set of widgets, sufficient for building small applications like a CDPlayer or hacking something like rxvt. It is used for basic widgets in the WindowMaker window manager.
This package contains the libWINGs runtime library.
There are three methods to install libwings3 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 libwings3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwings3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwings3
Install libwings3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwings3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwings3
Install libwings3 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 libwings3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwings3
How To Uninstall libwings3 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libwings3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwings3
Uninstall libwings3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwings3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwings3
Remove libwings3 Configurations and Data
To remove libwings3 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwings3
Remove libwings3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwings3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwings3
Dependencies
libwings3 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libfontconfig1
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libpangoxft-1.0-0
- libwraster6
- libwutil5
- libx11-6
- libxext6
- libxft2
- wmaker-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwings3 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
