How To Install wmpuzzle on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmpuzzle on Debian 9. wmpuzzle is WindowMaker dock app 4x4 puzzle

Introduction

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

What is wmpuzzle

wmpuzzle is:

wmpuzzle provides a 4x4 puzzle on a 64x64 mini window. You can puzzle any XPM image you wish. wmpuzzle is designed to work with the WindowMaker dock, but will work with other window managers as well. wmpuzzle’s upstream homepage can be found at http://people.debian.org/~godisch/wmpuzzle/.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmpuzzle

Install wmpuzzle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmpuzzle

Install wmpuzzle 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 wmpuzzle using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmpuzzle

How To Uninstall wmpuzzle on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove wmpuzzle

Uninstall wmpuzzle And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmpuzzle

Remove wmpuzzle Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmpuzzle

Remove wmpuzzle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmpuzzle

Dependencies

wmpuzzle have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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