How To Install subtle on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install subtle on Debian 10.
What is subtle
subtle is:
Grid-based manual tiling window manager with a strong focus on easy but customizable look and feel.
In comparison to other tiling window managers, subtle has no automatic tiling of the screen size in any way. Instead, windows are arranged according to positions inside of a grid. These positions are called gravities.
There are three methods to install subtle 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 subtle Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install subtle using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install subtle
Install subtle Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install subtle using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install subtle
Install subtle 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 subtle using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install subtle
How To Uninstall subtle on Debian 10
To uninstall only the subtle package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove subtle
Uninstall subtle And Its Dependencies
To uninstall subtle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove subtle
Remove subtle Configurations and Data
To remove subtle configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge subtle
Remove subtle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove subtle configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge subtle
Dependencies
subtle have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install subtle package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.