How To Install diodon on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install diodon on Debian 9. diodon is GTK+ Clipboard manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install diodon on Debian 9.

What is diodon

diodon is:

Diodon is a lightweight clipboard manager for Linux written in Vala which “aims to be the best integrated clipboard manager for the Gnome/Unity desktop”.

Diodon features include Ubuntu indicator, clipboard sync (primary selection and Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V clipboard) and a zeitgeist integration for an infinite clipboard history.

There are three methods to install diodon 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 diodon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install diodon

Install diodon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install diodon

Install diodon 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 diodon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install diodon

How To Uninstall diodon on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove diodon

Uninstall diodon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall diodon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove diodon

Remove diodon Configurations and Data

To remove diodon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge diodon

Remove diodon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge diodon

Dependencies

diodon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install diodon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.