How To Install quaternion on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quaternion on Debian 12.
What is quaternion
quaternion is:
Quaternion is a Qt-based chat client for the Matrix protocol. Matrix is an open, federated communications protocol.
There are three methods to install quaternion 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 quaternion Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install quaternion using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quaternion
Install quaternion Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quaternion using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quaternion
Install quaternion 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 quaternion using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quaternion
How To Uninstall quaternion on Debian 12
To uninstall only the quaternion package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quaternion
Uninstall quaternion And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quaternion and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quaternion
Remove quaternion Configurations and Data
To remove quaternion configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quaternion
Remove quaternion configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quaternion configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quaternion
Dependencies
quaternion have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5keychain1
- libqt5network5
- libqt5qml5
- libqt5quick5
- libqt5quickcontrols2-5
- libqt5quickwidgets5
- libqt5widgets5
- libquotient0.6
- libstdc++6
- qml-module-qtquick-controls
- qml-module-qtquick-controls2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quaternion package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.