How To Install gkrellmd on Debian 10

Learn how to install gkrellmd on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gkrellmd is GNU Krell Monitors Server

Introduction

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

What is gkrellmd

gkrellmd is:

Gkrellmd Listens for connections from gkrellm clients. When a gkrellm client connects to a gkrellmd server all builtin monitors collect their data from the server.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gkrellmd

Install gkrellmd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gkrellmd

Install gkrellmd 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 gkrellmd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gkrellmd

How To Uninstall gkrellmd on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove gkrellmd

Uninstall gkrellmd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrellmd

Remove gkrellmd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gkrellmd

Remove gkrellmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrellmd

Dependencies

gkrellmd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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