How To Install workrave-cinnamon on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install workrave-cinnamon on Ubuntu 22.04. workrave-cinnamon is Repetitive Strain Injury prevention tool (Cinnamon integration)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install workrave-cinnamon on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is workrave-cinnamon

workrave-cinnamon is:

Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit.

It includes a system tray applet that works with GNOME and KDE and has network capabilities to monitor your activity even if switching back and forth between different computers is part of your job.

Workrave offers many more configuration options than other similar tools.

This package includes a Workrave extension for Cinnamon.

There are three methods to install workrave-cinnamon on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install workrave-cinnamon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install workrave-cinnamon

Install workrave-cinnamon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install workrave-cinnamon

Install workrave-cinnamon 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install workrave-cinnamon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install workrave-cinnamon

How To Uninstall workrave-cinnamon on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the workrave-cinnamon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove workrave-cinnamon

Uninstall workrave-cinnamon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall workrave-cinnamon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove workrave-cinnamon

Remove workrave-cinnamon Configurations and Data

To remove workrave-cinnamon configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge workrave-cinnamon

Remove workrave-cinnamon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge workrave-cinnamon

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install workrave-cinnamon package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.