How To Install wayland-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wayland-utils on Debian 12.
What is wayland-utils
wayland-utils is:
wayland-utils contains wayland-info, which is a utility for displaying information about the Wayland protocols supported by the Wayland compositor.
There are three methods to install wayland-utils 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 wayland-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wayland-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wayland-utils
Install wayland-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wayland-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wayland-utils
Install wayland-utils 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 wayland-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wayland-utils
How To Uninstall wayland-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the wayland-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wayland-utils
Uninstall wayland-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wayland-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wayland-utils
Remove wayland-utils Configurations and Data
To remove wayland-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wayland-utils
Remove wayland-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wayland-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wayland-utils
Dependencies
wayland-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wayland-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
