How To Install spotlighter on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spotlighter
on Debian 11.
What is spotlighter
spotlighter is:
Spotlighter is a tool that shows a movable and resizable spotlight on the desktop screen. This is especially useful when making presentations, to highlight point of interest.
Spotlighter is XInput-Aware, so you can use it with a graphic tablet or a whiteboard.
This program has been implemented for educational purposes.
There are three methods to install spotlighter
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install spotlighter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install spotlighter
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spotlighter
Install spotlighter Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spotlighter
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spotlighter
Install spotlighter 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 spotlighter
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spotlighter
How To Uninstall spotlighter on Debian 11
To uninstall only the spotlighter
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spotlighter
Uninstall spotlighter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spotlighter
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spotlighter
Remove spotlighter Configurations and Data
To remove spotlighter
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spotlighter
Remove spotlighter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spotlighter
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spotlighter
Dependencies
spotlighter have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spotlighter
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.