How To Install wmdate on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmdate
on Debian 11.
What is wmdate
wmdate is:
wmdate produces a 64x64 pixel calendar for use in the docking bars of window managers. It was written specificly for Window Maker and goes well with docking bars that have a “clock-only” clock app such as pclock.
There are three methods to install wmdate
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wmdate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wmdate
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmdate
Install wmdate Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wmdate
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmdate
Install wmdate 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 wmdate
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmdate
How To Uninstall wmdate on Debian 11
To uninstall only the wmdate
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmdate
Uninstall wmdate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmdate
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmdate
Remove wmdate Configurations and Data
To remove wmdate
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmdate
Remove wmdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmdate
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmdate
Dependencies
wmdate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmdate
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.