How To Install xli on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xli on Debian 9.
What is xli
xli is:
xli can view the following image types under X11: FBM Image, Sun Rasterfile, CMU WM Raster, Portable Bit Map (PBM, PGM, PPM), Portable Network Graphics (PNG), Faces Project, GIF Image, JFIF style jpeg Image, Utah RLE Image, Windows, OS/2 RLE Image, Photograph on CD Image, X Window Dump, Targa Image, McIDAS areafile, G3 FAX Image, PC Paintbrush Image, GEM Bit Image, MacPaint Image, X Pixmap, X Bitmap.
There are three methods to install xli 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 xli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xli
Install xli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xli
Install xli 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 xli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xli
How To Uninstall xli on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xli
Uninstall xli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xli
Remove xli Configurations and Data
To remove xli configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xli
Remove xli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xli
Dependencies
xli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xli package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.