How To Install phosh-plugins on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install phosh-plugins on Debian 12.
What is phosh-plugins
phosh-plugins 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 additional plugins.
There are three methods to install phosh-plugins 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-plugins 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-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install phosh-plugins
Install phosh-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install phosh-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install phosh-plugins
Install phosh-plugins 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-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install phosh-plugins
How To Uninstall phosh-plugins on Debian 12
To uninstall only the phosh-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove phosh-plugins
Uninstall phosh-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall phosh-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove phosh-plugins
Remove phosh-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove phosh-plugins configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge phosh-plugins
Remove phosh-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove phosh-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phosh-plugins
Dependencies
phosh-plugins have the following dependencies:
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libadwaita-1-0
- libc6
- libevdocument3-4
- libevview3-3
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libgtk-4-1
- libhandy-1-0
- gsettings-desktop-schemas
- phoc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install phosh-plugins package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.