How To Install matchbox on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install matchbox on Debian 11. matchbox is base X environment for resource-limited systems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install matchbox on Debian 11.

What is `matchbox`

matchbox is:

Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as phones, handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks, and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited.

This is a metapackage which depends on the component packages for Matchbox version 1.

There are three methods to install matchbox 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 matchbox Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install matchbox

Install matchbox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install matchbox using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install matchbox

Install matchbox 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 matchbox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install matchbox

How To Uninstall matchbox on Debian 11

To uninstall only the matchbox package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove matchbox

Uninstall matchbox And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove matchbox

Remove matchbox Configurations and Data

To remove matchbox configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge matchbox

Remove matchbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge matchbox

Dependencies

matchbox have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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