How To Install plasma-gamemode on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-gamemode on Debian 12.
What is plasma-gamemode
plasma-gamemode is:
GameMode optimises your system for peak performance when running a game.
This shell extension will show you whether GameMode is active and for which processes.
If you have the Debian gamemode package installed, you can test this extension by running: /usr/games/gamemode-simulate-game which will show a tray icon for gamemode listing that process, and will stop after 10 seconds.
There are three methods to install plasma-gamemode 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 plasma-gamemode Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-gamemode using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-gamemode
Install plasma-gamemode Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plasma-gamemode using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-gamemode
Install plasma-gamemode 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 plasma-gamemode using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-gamemode
How To Uninstall plasma-gamemode on Debian 12
To uninstall only the plasma-gamemode package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-gamemode
Uninstall plasma-gamemode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-gamemode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-gamemode
Remove plasma-gamemode Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-gamemode configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-gamemode
Remove plasma-gamemode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-gamemode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-gamemode
Dependencies
plasma-gamemode have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-gamemode package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
