How To Install xbacklight on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xbacklight on Debian 10.
What is xbacklight
xbacklight is:
xbacklight is a simple command-line utility to set the backlight level using the RandR 1.2 Backlight output property.
There are three methods to install xbacklight 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 xbacklight Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xbacklight using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xbacklight
Install xbacklight Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xbacklight using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xbacklight
Install xbacklight 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 xbacklight using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xbacklight
How To Uninstall xbacklight on Debian 10
To uninstall only the xbacklight package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xbacklight
Uninstall xbacklight And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xbacklight and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xbacklight
Remove xbacklight Configurations and Data
To remove xbacklight configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xbacklight
Remove xbacklight configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xbacklight configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xbacklight
Dependencies
xbacklight have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xbacklight package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.