How To Install marble on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install marble on Debian 12.
What is marble
marble is:
Marble is a generic geographical map widget and framework for KDE applications. The Marble widget shows the earth as a sphere but does not require hardware acceleration. A minimal set of geographical data is included, so it can be used without an internet connection.
This package is part of the KDE education module.
There are three methods to install marble 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 marble Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install marble using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install marble
Install marble Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install marble using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install marble
Install marble 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 marble using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install marble
How To Uninstall marble on Debian 12
To uninstall only the marble package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove marble
Uninstall marble And Its Dependencies
To uninstall marble and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove marble
Remove marble Configurations and Data
To remove marble configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge marble
Remove marble configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove marble configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge marble
Dependencies
marble have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install marble package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.