How To Install piper on Debian 12

Learn how to install piper on Debian 12 with this tutorial. piper is GTK application to configure gaming devices

Introduction

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

What is piper

piper is:

Piper is a graphical user interface to configure gaming devices. Configuration options include changing the resolution (DPI) of mice, adding and removing profiles, setting LED colors and changing button behaviors.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install piper

Install piper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install piper

Install piper 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 piper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install piper

How To Uninstall piper on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove piper

Uninstall piper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove piper

Remove piper Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge piper

Remove piper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge piper

Dependencies

piper have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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