How To Install rss-glx on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rss-glx on Debian 12.
What is rss-glx
rss-glx is:
rss-glx is a GLX port of the Really Slick Screensavers collection by Terry Welsh (http://www.reallyslick.com/). Also included are several other OpenGL screensavers ported from other platforms.
The screensavers can either be run as stand-alone applications or get integrated into XScreenSaver’s list of active screensavers. More information about using these with xscreensaver can be found in /usr/share/doc/rss-glx.
Screensavers included in this package are: Biof, Busy Spheres, Colorfire, Cyclone, Drempels, Euphoria, Feedback, Fieldlines, Flocks, Flux, Helios, Hufo’s Smoke, Hufo’s Tunnel, Hyperspace, Lattice, Lorenz Attractor, MatrixView, Plasma, Pixel City, Skyrocket, Solarwinds, SpirographX, and Sundancer2.
There are three methods to install rss-glx 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 rss-glx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rss-glx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rss-glx
Install rss-glx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rss-glx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rss-glx
Install rss-glx 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 rss-glx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rss-glx
How To Uninstall rss-glx on Debian 12
To uninstall only the rss-glx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rss-glx
Uninstall rss-glx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rss-glx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rss-glx
Remove rss-glx Configurations and Data
To remove rss-glx configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rss-glx
Remove rss-glx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rss-glx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rss-glx
Dependencies
rss-glx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rss-glx package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.