How To Install wmfire on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmfire on Debian 9.
What is wmfire
wmfire is:
A Window Maker (or similar) dockapp which shows your current CPU usage as a roaring fire.
It can monitor the average cpu load, or individual cpu load on SMP computers. Additionally it can monitor the memory, network load, a file or just be set to show a pretty flame. On entering the dock a burning spot replaces the cursor, and after two seconds symbols to represent the current monitor are “burnt” onscreen. The flame colour can also be changed.
It uses the GDK library to improve its speed - using less than half the CPU of the original program.
There are three methods to install wmfire 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 wmfire Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wmfire using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmfire
Install wmfire Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wmfire using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmfire
Install wmfire 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 wmfire using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmfire
How To Uninstall wmfire on Debian 9
To uninstall only the wmfire package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmfire
Uninstall wmfire And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmfire and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmfire
Remove wmfire Configurations and Data
To remove wmfire configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmfire
Remove wmfire configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmfire configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmfire
Dependencies
wmfire have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmfire package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.