How To Install oboinus on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install oboinus on Debian 9. oboinus is background previewer and setter for X implemented in Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oboinus on Debian 9.

What is oboinus

oboinus is:

A simple program to choose picture or background color. With option –restore, the configured background is set and program exits. This can be used in an .xinitrc/.xsession and other window manager startup files.

There are three methods to install oboinus on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install oboinus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install oboinus

Install oboinus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install oboinus

Install oboinus 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 oboinus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install oboinus

How To Uninstall oboinus on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove oboinus

Uninstall oboinus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall oboinus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oboinus

Remove oboinus Configurations and Data

To remove oboinus configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge oboinus

Remove oboinus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oboinus

Dependencies

oboinus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oboinus package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.