How To Install xmorph on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmorph on Debian 12.
What is xmorph
xmorph is:
Xmorph loads, saves, warps, and dissolves images, and loads, saves, creates, and manipulates control meshes which determine the warping. The technique was invented and first used by Industrial Light and Magic, and is commonly called “morphing”.
Xmorph uses the Targa image format exclusively. Other software is needed to convert to other image formats or to movies. (Due to a bug, Xmorph’s images are unreadable by John Bradley’s XV.)
xmorph is a GUI for libmorph, using the X Toolkit; the package also contains a text-only program called morph.
There are three methods to install xmorph 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 xmorph Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xmorph using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xmorph
Install xmorph Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xmorph using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xmorph
Install xmorph 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 xmorph using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xmorph
How To Uninstall xmorph on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xmorph package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xmorph
Uninstall xmorph And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xmorph and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmorph
Remove xmorph Configurations and Data
To remove xmorph configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xmorph
Remove xmorph configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xmorph configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmorph
Dependencies
xmorph have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmorph package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.