How To Install xstarfish on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xstarfish on Debian 9.
What is xstarfish
xstarfish is:
XStarfish generates colourful, tiled images for your background using random numbers fed through mathematical functions. It does not use source image files, so it can generate its images nearly forever without running out of material.
There are three methods to install xstarfish 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 xstarfish Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xstarfish using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xstarfish
Install xstarfish Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xstarfish using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xstarfish
Install xstarfish 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 xstarfish using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xstarfish
How To Uninstall xstarfish on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xstarfish package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xstarfish
Uninstall xstarfish And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xstarfish and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xstarfish
Remove xstarfish Configurations and Data
To remove xstarfish configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xstarfish
Remove xstarfish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xstarfish configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xstarfish
Dependencies
xstarfish have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xstarfish package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.