How To Install preview.app on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install preview.app on Debian 10.
What is preview.app
preview.app is:
Preview is an application that can be used to display images. It is designed to be easy to use and will support all GNUstep features (images design support, pasteboard/services, printing and layout…). It tries to follow the NeXTSTEP spirit.
There are three methods to install preview.app on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install preview.app Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install preview.app using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install preview.app
Install preview.app Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install preview.app using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install preview.app
Install preview.app 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 preview.app using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install preview.app
How To Uninstall preview.app on Debian 10
To uninstall only the preview.app package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove preview.app
Uninstall preview.app And Its Dependencies
To uninstall preview.app and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove preview.app
Remove preview.app Configurations and Data
To remove preview.app configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge preview.app
Remove preview.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove preview.app configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge preview.app
Dependencies
preview.app have the following dependencies:
- gnustep-back0.27
- gnustep-base-runtime
- gnustep-gui-runtime
- libc6
- libgnustep-base1.26
- libgnustep-gui0.27
- libobjc4
- gnustep-fslayout-fhs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install preview.app package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.