How To Install phog on Debian 12

Learn how to install phog on Debian 12 with this tutorial. phog is Greetd-compatible greeter for mobile phones

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phog on Debian 12.

What is `phog`

phog is:

Phog is a graphical greeter speaking the greetd protocol and aimed at mobile devices like smart phones and tablets using touch based inputs and small screens.

It was initially designed for the Phosh Mobile Environment based on GNOME/GTK but can spawn any graphical session.

There are three methods to install phog 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 phog Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install phog

Install phog Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phog

Install phog 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 phog using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phog

How To Uninstall phog on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove phog

Uninstall phog And Its Dependencies

To uninstall phog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phog

Remove phog Configurations and Data

To remove phog configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phog

Remove phog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phog

Dependencies

phog have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install phog package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.