How To Install muffin on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install muffin on Debian 12.
What is muffin
muffin is:
Muffin is a window manager performing compositing as well based on GTK+ and Clutter and used in Cinnamon desktop environment.
This package contains the core binaries.
There are three methods to install muffin 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 muffin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install muffin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install muffin
Install muffin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install muffin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install muffin
Install muffin 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 muffin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install muffin
How To Uninstall muffin on Debian 12
To uninstall only the muffin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove muffin
Uninstall muffin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall muffin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove muffin
Remove muffin Configurations and Data
To remove muffin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge muffin
Remove muffin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove muffin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge muffin
Dependencies
muffin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install muffin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.