How To Install nuapplet on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nuapplet on Debian 9. nuapplet is Graphical client for NuFW

Introduction

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

What is nuapplet

nuapplet is:

NuApplet2 is a systray application for the authenticating firewall NuFW, written in Qt.

It is compliant with FreeDesktop and can be used with several desktop environments.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nuapplet

Install nuapplet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nuapplet

Install nuapplet 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 nuapplet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nuapplet

How To Uninstall nuapplet on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove nuapplet

Uninstall nuapplet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nuapplet

Remove nuapplet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nuapplet

Remove nuapplet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nuapplet

Dependencies

nuapplet have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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