How To Install ueberzug on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ueberzug on Debian 12.
What is ueberzug
ueberzug is:
Ueberzug is a command line utility which draws images on terminals using child windows.
It has several advantages over w3mimgdisplay:
- no race conditions, as a new window is created to display images
- expose events will be processed, so images will be redrawn on switched workspaces
- tmux support (excluding multi pane windows)
- terminals without the WINDOWID environment variable are supported
- chars are used as both the position and size unit
- no memory leak (and unlimited cache)
There are three methods to install ueberzug 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 ueberzug Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ueberzug using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ueberzug
Install ueberzug Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ueberzug using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ueberzug
Install ueberzug 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 ueberzug using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ueberzug
How To Uninstall ueberzug on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ueberzug package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ueberzug
Uninstall ueberzug And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ueberzug and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ueberzug
Remove ueberzug Configurations and Data
To remove ueberzug configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ueberzug
Remove ueberzug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ueberzug configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ueberzug
Dependencies
ueberzug have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ueberzug package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
