How To Install xfdesktop4 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdesktop4
on Debian 9.
What is xfdesktop4
xfdesktop4 is:
xfdesktop4 sets the background image, provides a right-click menu to launch applications and can optionally show files (including application launchers) or iconified windows. It includes gradient support for background color, saturation support for background image, real multiscreen and xinerama support.
There are three methods to install xfdesktop4
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xfdesktop4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xfdesktop4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfdesktop4
Install xfdesktop4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfdesktop4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfdesktop4
Install xfdesktop4 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 xfdesktop4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfdesktop4
How To Uninstall xfdesktop4 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xfdesktop4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfdesktop4
Uninstall xfdesktop4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfdesktop4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfdesktop4
Remove xfdesktop4 Configurations and Data
To remove xfdesktop4
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfdesktop4
Remove xfdesktop4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfdesktop4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfdesktop4
Dependencies
xfdesktop4 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libdbus-1-3
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- libexo-1-0
- libgarcon-1-0
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libnotify4
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libthunarx-2-0
- libwnck22
- libx11-6
- libxfce4ui-1-0
- libxfce4util7
- libxfconf-0-2
- xfdesktop4-data
- exo-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdesktop4
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.