How To Install nsxiv on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsxiv on Debian 12.
What is nsxiv
nsxiv is:
nsxiv (the Neo Simple X Image Viewer) is a fork of the now-unmaintained sxiv project, with the purpose of being a drop-in replacement for sxiv, maintaining its interface, and adding simple, sensible features. nsxiv aims to be easy to modify and customise, and works nicely with tiling window managers.
Features:
- Basic image operations, e.g. zooming, panning, rotating
- Customizable key and mouse button mappings
- Scriptable via configuration files
- Thumbnail mode: grid of selectable previews of all images
- Ability to cache thumbnails for fast re-loading
- Basic support for animated/multi-frame images (GIF/WebP)
- Display image information in status bar
- Display image name/path in X title
There are three methods to install nsxiv 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 nsxiv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nsxiv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nsxiv
Install nsxiv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nsxiv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nsxiv
Install nsxiv 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 nsxiv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nsxiv
How To Uninstall nsxiv on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nsxiv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nsxiv
Uninstall nsxiv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nsxiv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nsxiv
Remove nsxiv Configurations and Data
To remove nsxiv configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nsxiv
Remove nsxiv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nsxiv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nsxiv
Dependencies
nsxiv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsxiv package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
