How To Install rss-glx-spirographx on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install rss-glx

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is rss-glx-spirographx and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install rss-glx-spirographx on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install rss-glx-spirographx using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install rss-glx-spirographx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rss-glx

Install rss-glx-spirographx using apt

Because rss-glx-spirographx is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install rss-glx-spirographx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rss-glx

Install rss-glx-spirographx 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 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install rss-glx-spirographx by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rss-glx

How to upgrade (update) a single package rss-glx-spirographx using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the rss-glx-spirographx, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install rss-glx

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install rss-glx

How To Uninstall rss-glx-spirographx from Debian 11

To uninstall only the rss-glx-spirographx package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rss-glx

Uninstall rss-glx-spirographx and all its dependencies

To uninstall rss-glx-spirographx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rss-glx

Remove rss-glx-spirographx with all configurations and data

To remove rss-glx-spirographx configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rss-glx

Remove rss-glx-spirographx completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to rss-glx-spirographx package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rss-glx

Extra info and code examples

rss-glx is a GLX port of the Really Slick Screensavers collection by Terry Welsh (http://www.reallyslick.com/). Also included are several other OpenGL screensavers ported from other platforms. The screensavers can either be run as stand-alone applications or get integrated into XScreenSaver's list of active screensavers. More information about using these with xscreensaver can be found in /usr/share/doc/rss-glx. Screensavers included in this package are: Biof, Busy Spheres, Colorfire, Cyclone, Drempels, Euphoria, Feedback, Fieldlines, Flocks, Flux, Helios, Hufo's Smoke, Hufo's Tunnel, Hyperspace, Lattice, Lorenz Attractor, MatrixView, Plasma, Pixel City, Skyrocket, Solarwinds, SpirographX, and Sundancer2.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install rss-glx-spirographx using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the rss-glx-spirographx from Debian 11.

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