How To Install hamster-applet on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hamster-applet on Debian 9.
What is hamster-applet
hamster-applet is:
Project Hamster helps you to keep track of how much time you spend on various activities during the day. Whenever you move from one task to another, you change your current activity in the GNOME applet.
It can present graphical statistics of how long you have spent on each task, and may be useful for project management or keeping employee timesheets.
There are three methods to install hamster-applet 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 hamster-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 hamster-applet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hamster-applet
Install hamster-applet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hamster-applet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hamster-applet
Install hamster-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 hamster-applet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hamster-applet
How To Uninstall hamster-applet on Debian 9
To uninstall only the hamster-applet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hamster-applet
Uninstall hamster-applet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hamster-applet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hamster-applet
Remove hamster-applet Configurations and Data
To remove hamster-applet configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hamster-applet
Remove hamster-applet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hamster-applet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hamster-applet
Dependencies
hamster-applet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hamster-applet package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
