How To Install peek on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install peek on Debian 11.
What is peek
peek is:
Peek is a simple screen recorder. It is optimized for generating animated GIFs but you can also directly record to WebM or MP4 if you prefer.
There are three methods to install peek 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 peek Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install peek using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install peek
Install peek Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install peek using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install peek
Install peek 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 peek using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install peek
How To Uninstall peek on Debian 11
To uninstall only the peek package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove peek
Uninstall peek And Its Dependencies
To uninstall peek and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove peek
Remove peek Configurations and Data
To remove peek configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge peek
Remove peek configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove peek configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge peek
Dependencies
peek have the following dependencies:
- ffmpeg
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libkeybinder-3.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install peek package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.