How To Install wayfire on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wayfire on Debian 12.
What is wayfire
wayfire is:
Wayfire is a 3D Wayland compositor, inspired by Compiz and based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable and lightweight environment without sacrificing its appearance.
This package contains the core files.
There are three methods to install wayfire 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 wayfire Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wayfire using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wayfire
Install wayfire Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wayfire using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wayfire
Install wayfire 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 wayfire using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wayfire
How To Uninstall wayfire on Debian 12
To uninstall only the wayfire package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wayfire
Uninstall wayfire And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wayfire and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wayfire
Remove wayfire Configurations and Data
To remove wayfire configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wayfire
Remove wayfire configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wayfire configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wayfire
Dependencies
wayfire have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgcc-s1
- libgles2
- libglib2.0-0
- libinput10
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpixman-1-0
- libpng16-16
- libstdc++6
- libwayland-server0
- libwf-config1
- libwf-utils0
- libwlroots10
- libxcb1
- libxkbcommon0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wayfire package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
