How To Install xfce4-appfinder on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-appfinder on Debian 12.
What is xfce4-appfinder
xfce4-appfinder is:
This is an application finder for the Xfce4 desktop environment. It will search for installed applications on your system. It can also be used to browse installed applications by category, run them or edit their launchers.
xfce4-appfinder can also be used with a shortcut command to quickly run applications, and also supports custom prefixes to execute custom commands on provided paramers.
There are three methods to install xfce4-appfinder 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 xfce4-appfinder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-appfinder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfce4-appfinder
Install xfce4-appfinder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-appfinder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfce4-appfinder
Install xfce4-appfinder 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 xfce4-appfinder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfce4-appfinder
How To Uninstall xfce4-appfinder on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xfce4-appfinder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfce4-appfinder
Uninstall xfce4-appfinder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfce4-appfinder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfce4-appfinder
Remove xfce4-appfinder Configurations and Data
To remove xfce4-appfinder configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfce4-appfinder
Remove xfce4-appfinder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfce4-appfinder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfce4-appfinder
Dependencies
xfce4-appfinder have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libgarcon-1-0
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libxfce4ui-2-0
- libxfce4util7
- libxfconf-0-3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-appfinder package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.