How To Install hsetroot on Ubuntu 22.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install hsetroot on Ubuntu 22.04. hsetroot is tool for composing root-pixmaps for X11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hsetroot on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is hsetroot

hsetroot is:

hsetroot is a tool which allows you to compose wallpapers (“root pixmaps”)
for X. It has a lot of options like rendering gradients, solids, images but
it also allows you to perform manipulations on those things, or chain them
together.

There are three methods to install hsetroot on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hsetroot Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hsetroot using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hsetroot

Install hsetroot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hsetroot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hsetroot

Install hsetroot 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install hsetroot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hsetroot

How To Uninstall hsetroot on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the hsetroot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hsetroot

Uninstall hsetroot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hsetroot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hsetroot

Remove hsetroot Configurations and Data

To remove hsetroot configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hsetroot

Remove hsetroot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hsetroot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hsetroot

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hsetroot package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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