How To Install wmforecast on Debian 10

Learn how to install wmforecast on Debian 10 with this tutorial. wmforecast is weather dockapp for Window Maker using the Yahoo Weather API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmforecast on Debian 10.

What is wmforecast

wmforecast is:

wmforecast is a weather dockapp for Window Maker. It displays the current temperature and an icon representing the current conditions. A balloon tooltip displays forecast information. The weather information comes from the Yahoo Weather API.

There are three methods to install wmforecast on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wmforecast Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmforecast

Install wmforecast Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmforecast

Install wmforecast 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 wmforecast using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmforecast

How To Uninstall wmforecast on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove wmforecast

Uninstall wmforecast And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wmforecast and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmforecast

Remove wmforecast Configurations and Data

To remove wmforecast configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wmforecast

Remove wmforecast configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmforecast

Dependencies

wmforecast have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmforecast package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.