How To Install lxappearance-obconf on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxappearance-obconf on Debian 11. lxappearance-obconf is LXDE GTK+ theme switcher (plugin)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxappearance-obconf on Debian 11.

What is lxappearance-obconf

lxappearance-obconf is:

LXAppearance is a GUI application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).

This package contains the ObConf plugin.

There are three methods to install lxappearance-obconf on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lxappearance-obconf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lxappearance-obconf

Install lxappearance-obconf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lxappearance-obconf

Install lxappearance-obconf 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 lxappearance-obconf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lxappearance-obconf

How To Uninstall lxappearance-obconf on Debian 11

To uninstall only the lxappearance-obconf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lxappearance-obconf

Uninstall lxappearance-obconf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lxappearance-obconf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxappearance-obconf

Remove lxappearance-obconf Configurations and Data

To remove lxappearance-obconf configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lxappearance-obconf

Remove lxappearance-obconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxappearance-obconf

Dependencies

lxappearance-obconf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxappearance-obconf package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.