How To Install xiccd on Debian 10

Learn how to install xiccd on Debian 10 with this tutorial. xiccd is X color management daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xiccd on Debian 10.

What is xiccd

xiccd is:

xiccd is a simple bridge between colord and X. It performs the following tasks:

  • Enumerating displays and registering them in colord;
  • Creating default ICC profiles based on EDID data;
  • Applying ICC profiles provided by colord;
  • Maintaining the user’s private ICC storage directory.

It does not depend on any particular desktop environment nor toolkit and it should not be used in desktop environments that support color management natively, like GNOME and KDE do.

There are three methods to install xiccd 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 xiccd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xiccd

Install xiccd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xiccd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xiccd

Install xiccd 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 xiccd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xiccd

How To Uninstall xiccd on Debian 10

To uninstall only the xiccd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xiccd

Uninstall xiccd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xiccd

Remove xiccd Configurations and Data

To remove xiccd configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xiccd

Remove xiccd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xiccd

Dependencies

xiccd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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