How To Install xiccd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xiccd on Debian 9.
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 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 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.