How To Install plymouth-x11 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-x11 on Debian 12.
What is plymouth-x11
plymouth-x11 is:
Plymouth provides a boot-time I/O multiplexing framework - the most obvious use for which is to provide an attractive graphical animation in place of the text messages that normally get shown during boot. (The messages are instead redirected to a logfile for later viewing.) However, in event-driven boot systems Plymouth can also usefully handle user interaction such as password prompts for encrypted file systems.
This package contains the X11 renderer for a graphical boot splash.
There are three methods to install plymouth-x11 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 plymouth-x11 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plymouth-x11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plymouth-x11
Install plymouth-x11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plymouth-x11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plymouth-x11
Install plymouth-x11 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 plymouth-x11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plymouth-x11
How To Uninstall plymouth-x11 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the plymouth-x11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plymouth-x11
Uninstall plymouth-x11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plymouth-x11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plymouth-x11
Remove plymouth-x11 Configurations and Data
To remove plymouth-x11 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plymouth-x11
Remove plymouth-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plymouth-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plymouth-x11
Dependencies
plymouth-x11 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-x11 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
