How To Install budgie-countdown-applet on Debian 10

Learn how to install budgie-countdown-applet on Debian 10 with this tutorial. budgie-countdown-applet is Applet providing a countdown capability on the Budgie Desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install budgie-countdown-applet on Debian 10.

What is budgie-countdown-applet

budgie-countdown-applet is:

This is part of a suite of python3 and Vala based applets for the Budgie Desktop that provide additional user orientated capabilities. The applets can be used individually or as a set.

The Countdown applet provides the user the ability to start an action when the countdown reaches 0 seconds. Actions include flashing an icon in the panel, opening a notification window, sounding a bell or running a custom command.

There are three methods to install budgie-countdown-applet on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install budgie-countdown-applet Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install budgie-countdown-applet

Install budgie-countdown-applet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install budgie-countdown-applet using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install budgie-countdown-applet

Install budgie-countdown-applet 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 budgie-countdown-applet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install budgie-countdown-applet

How To Uninstall budgie-countdown-applet on Debian 10

To uninstall only the budgie-countdown-applet package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove budgie-countdown-applet

Uninstall budgie-countdown-applet And Its Dependencies

To uninstall budgie-countdown-applet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove budgie-countdown-applet

Remove budgie-countdown-applet Configurations and Data

To remove budgie-countdown-applet configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge budgie-countdown-applet

Remove budgie-countdown-applet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove budgie-countdown-applet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge budgie-countdown-applet

Dependencies

budgie-countdown-applet have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install budgie-countdown-applet package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.