How To Install swayimg on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install swayimg on Debian 12.
What is swayimg
swayimg is:
The program uses Sway IPC to determine the geometry of the currently focused container. This data is used to calculate the position and size of the new “overlay” window that will be used to draw the image. In the next step, swayimg adds two Sway rules for the self window: “floating enable” and “move position”. Then it creates a new Wayland window and draws the image from the specified file.
There are three methods to install swayimg 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 swayimg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install swayimg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install swayimg
Install swayimg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install swayimg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install swayimg
Install swayimg 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 swayimg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install swayimg
How To Uninstall swayimg on Debian 12
To uninstall only the swayimg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove swayimg
Uninstall swayimg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall swayimg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove swayimg
Remove swayimg Configurations and Data
To remove swayimg configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge swayimg
Remove swayimg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove swayimg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swayimg
Dependencies
swayimg have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libexif12
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgif7
- libglib2.0-0
- libheif1
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libjson-c5
- libjxl0.7
- libpng16-16
- librsvg2-2
- libtiff6
- libwayland-client0
- libwebp7
- libwebpdemux2
- libxkbcommon0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install swayimg package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
