How To Install glipper on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glipper on Debian 9.
What is glipper
glipper is:
Glipper appears in the notification area. It maintains a history of text copied to the clipboard from which you can choose. It supports a configurable number and length of clipboard entries and saves the clipboard history on exit. It also uses plugins to give the user extra functionality, including support for Actions, Snippets and No-Paste.
There are three methods to install glipper 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 glipper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glipper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glipper
Install glipper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glipper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glipper
Install glipper 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 glipper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glipper
How To Uninstall glipper on Debian 9
To uninstall only the glipper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glipper
Uninstall glipper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glipper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glipper
Remove glipper Configurations and Data
To remove glipper configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glipper
Remove glipper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glipper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glipper
Dependencies
glipper have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glipper package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
