How To Install x-tile on Debian 12

Learn how to install x-tile on Debian 12 with this tutorial. x-tile is tile selected windows in different ways

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x-tile on Debian 12.

What is x-tile

x-tile is:

X-tile is an application that allows you to select a number of windows and tile them in different ways. Works on any X desktop.

Main features include:

  • Several tiling geometries
  • Undo tiling
  • Invert tiling order
  • Optional system tray docking and menu
  • Filter to exclude windows
  • Filter to include windows by default
  • Command line interface

There are three methods to install x-tile 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 x-tile 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-tile using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install x-tile

Install x-tile Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install x-tile

Install x-tile 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-tile using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install x-tile

How To Uninstall x-tile on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove x-tile

Uninstall x-tile And Its Dependencies

To uninstall x-tile and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove x-tile

Remove x-tile Configurations and Data

To remove x-tile configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge x-tile

Remove x-tile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x-tile

Dependencies

x-tile have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x-tile package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.