How To Install xscreensaver-gl-extra on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xscreensaver-gl-extra
on Debian 11.
What is xscreensaver-gl-extra
xscreensaver-gl-extra is:
XScreenSaver is a modular screen saver and locker for X11, containing more than 200 screen savers.
This package contains the rest of the 3D (OpenGL) screen saver modules from the xscreensaver collection. This package can be used by xscreensaver and also some other screensaver engines.
This is the set of GL screensavers not shipped by default with xscreensaver-gl: antmaze, atlantis, blocktube, boing, bouncingcow, boxed, cage, carousel, companioncube, crackberg, cube21, cubenetic, cubicgrid, dangerball, deepstars, extrusion, fliptext, flurry, gravitywell, glhanoi, glplanet, handsy, hilbert, hypnowheel, jigsaw, juggler3d, klein, lament, menger, noof, photopile, pinion, providence, rubik, rubikblocks, sballs, skytentacles, sproingies, stairs, starwars, surfaces, tangram, timetunnel, tronbit, unknownpleasures.
More display modes can be found in the xscreensaver-data, xscreensaver-data-extra and xscreensaver-gl packages.
There are three methods to install xscreensaver-gl-extra
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xscreensaver-gl-extra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xscreensaver-gl-extra
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xscreensaver-gl-extra
Install xscreensaver-gl-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xscreensaver-gl-extra
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xscreensaver-gl-extra
Install xscreensaver-gl-extra 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 xscreensaver-gl-extra
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xscreensaver-gl-extra
How To Uninstall xscreensaver-gl-extra on Debian 11
To uninstall only the xscreensaver-gl-extra
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xscreensaver-gl-extra
Uninstall xscreensaver-gl-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xscreensaver-gl-extra
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xscreensaver-gl-extra
Remove xscreensaver-gl-extra Configurations and Data
To remove xscreensaver-gl-extra
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xscreensaver-gl-extra
Remove xscreensaver-gl-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xscreensaver-gl-extra
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xscreensaver-gl-extra
Dependencies
xscreensaver-gl-extra have the following dependencies:
- xscreensaver-gl
- libc6
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-0
- libgl1
- libgle3
- libglib2.0-0
- libglu1-mesa
- libx11-6
- libxext6
- libxft2
- libxmu6
- libxt6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xscreensaver-gl-extra
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.