How to install Converseen in Debian 8.3

To install Converseen in Debian 8.3

Converseen is an open source project written in C with the powerful Qt4 libraries. It supports more than 100 image formats. The installation of Converseen is simple and easy. This article explains the installation procedure involved with Conversceen.

Installing Converseen

Initiate the installation of Converseen by adding the repo by using the nano command.

root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main

Once it is done, update the apt source by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB]
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie InRelease           
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release.gpg         
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages   
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en                 
Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease                              
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.4 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources [32 B]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [6,916 B]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg                        
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable Release
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free Translation-en
Fetched 170 kB in 4s (34.8 kB/s)             
Reading package lists... Done

Next install the converseen by using apt-get install command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install converseen
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libqt4-network
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  converseen libqt4-network
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 264 not upgraded.
Need to get 876 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,038 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main libqt4-network amd64 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 [605 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main converseen amd64 0.8.4-1 [271 kB]
Fetched 876 kB in 14s (62.0 kB/s)                                              
Selecting previously unselected package libqt4-network:amd64.
(Reading database ... 136762 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libqt4-network_4%3a4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libqt4-network:amd64 (4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package converseen.
Preparing to unpack .../converseen_0.8.4-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking converseen (0.8.4-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Setting up libqt4-network:amd64 (4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1) ...
Setting up converseen (0.8.4-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u2) ...

Converseen has been installed. Click on activities and type converseen to access it.

Enjoy working with Converseen.

FAQ
Q
How to install Converseen 0.9.5 in Ubuntu 16.04, 14.04?
A
by using the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install converseen
Q
How to install Converseen in linuxmint?
A
By using the following command:
sudo apt-get install converseen
Q
What does Converseen?
A
Converseen is an open source project written in C with the powerful Qt4 libraries. It supports more than 100 image formats.
Q
How to install the converseen in Debian?
A
Use the following command to install Converseen in Debian:
# apt-get install converseen