How To Install mir-demos on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mir-demos on Debian 12.
What is mir-demos
mir-demos is:
Mir is a display server running on Linux systems, with a focus on efficiency, robust operation and a well-defined driver model.
Contains demo applications that use the Mir display server
There are three methods to install mir-demos 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 mir-demos Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mir-demos using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mir-demos
Install mir-demos Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mir-demos using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mir-demos
Install mir-demos 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 mir-demos using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mir-demos
How To Uninstall mir-demos on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mir-demos package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mir-demos
Uninstall mir-demos And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mir-demos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mir-demos
Remove mir-demos Configurations and Data
To remove mir-demos configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mir-demos
Remove mir-demos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mir-demos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mir-demos
Dependencies
mir-demos have the following dependencies:
- libboost-filesystem1.74.0
- libc6
- libegl1
- libfreetype6
- libgcc-s1
- libgles2
- libglib2.0-0
- libmiral5
- libmircore2
- libstdc++6
- libwayland-client0
- libwayland-egl1
- inotify-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mir-demos package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
