How To Install lemonbar on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lemonbar on Debian 10.
What is lemonbar
lemonbar is:
lemonbar is a lightweight bar based on XCB. It provides foreground/background color switching along with text alignment and colored under/overlining of text, full utf8 support and reduced memory footprint. Nothing less and nothing more.
There are three methods to install lemonbar 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 lemonbar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lemonbar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lemonbar
Install lemonbar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lemonbar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lemonbar
Install lemonbar 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 lemonbar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lemonbar
How To Uninstall lemonbar on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lemonbar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lemonbar
Uninstall lemonbar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lemonbar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lemonbar
Remove lemonbar Configurations and Data
To remove lemonbar configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lemonbar
Remove lemonbar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lemonbar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lemonbar
Dependencies
lemonbar have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lemonbar package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
