How To Install phosh-mobile-tweaks on Debian 12

Learn how to install phosh-mobile-tweaks on Debian 12 with this tutorial. phosh-mobile-tweaks is Pure Wayland shell for mobile devices - GSettings tweaks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phosh-mobile-tweaks on Debian 12.

What is phosh-mobile-tweaks

phosh-mobile-tweaks is:

Phosh is a graphical shell for Wayland compositors speaking the layer-surface protocol and aimed at mobile devices like smart phones and tablets using touch based inputs and small screens.

This package contains settings to improve behaviour on mobile devices.

There are three methods to install phosh-mobile-tweaks 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 phosh-mobile-tweaks Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install phosh-mobile-tweaks

Install phosh-mobile-tweaks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install phosh-mobile-tweaks using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install phosh-mobile-tweaks

Install phosh-mobile-tweaks 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 phosh-mobile-tweaks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phosh-mobile-tweaks

How To Uninstall phosh-mobile-tweaks on Debian 12

To uninstall only the phosh-mobile-tweaks package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove phosh-mobile-tweaks

Uninstall phosh-mobile-tweaks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phosh-mobile-tweaks

Remove phosh-mobile-tweaks Configurations and Data

To remove phosh-mobile-tweaks configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phosh-mobile-tweaks

Remove phosh-mobile-tweaks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove phosh-mobile-tweaks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phosh-mobile-tweaks

Dependencies

phosh-mobile-tweaks have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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