How To Install x-face-el on Debian 10

Learn how to install x-face-el on Debian 10 with this tutorial. x-face-el is utility for displaying X-Face on emacsen

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x-face-el on Debian 10.

What is `x-face-el`

x-face-el is:

X-Face utility provides X-Face encoder/decoder for emacsen.

For GNU Emacs users: This package includes the x-face-e21 feature (x-face-e21.el). It provides displaying an X-Face image inline. Also, it supports the Face field which contains a base64 encoded PNG image. If you want to scale Face images, install the netpbm package.

For XEmacs users: Displaying an X-Face image inline is supported by the x-face-xmas feature (x-face-xmas.el). It is enabled by default.

There are three methods to install x-face-el 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 x-face-el Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install x-face-el using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install x-face-el

Install x-face-el Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install x-face-el using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install x-face-el

Install x-face-el 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 x-face-el using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install x-face-el

How To Uninstall x-face-el on Debian 10

To uninstall only the x-face-el package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove x-face-el

Uninstall x-face-el And Its Dependencies

To uninstall x-face-el and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove x-face-el

Remove x-face-el Configurations and Data

To remove x-face-el configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge x-face-el

Remove x-face-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove x-face-el configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x-face-el

Dependencies

x-face-el have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x-face-el package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.