How To Install alarm-clock-applet on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alarm-clock-applet on Debian 12.
What is alarm-clock-applet
alarm-clock-applet is:
Alarm Clock is a fully-featured alarm clock which resides in the notification area. It is easy to use yet powerful with support for multiple and repeatable alarms, as well as snoozing and a flexible notification system.
Two types of alarms are supported: Alarm Clocks and Timers. Notification is done by either playing a sound or launching an application.
There are three methods to install alarm-clock-applet on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install alarm-clock-applet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install alarm-clock-applet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alarm-clock-applet
Install alarm-clock-applet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alarm-clock-applet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alarm-clock-applet
Install alarm-clock-applet 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 alarm-clock-applet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alarm-clock-applet
How To Uninstall alarm-clock-applet on Debian 12
To uninstall only the alarm-clock-applet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alarm-clock-applet
Uninstall alarm-clock-applet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alarm-clock-applet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alarm-clock-applet
Remove alarm-clock-applet Configurations and Data
To remove alarm-clock-applet configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alarm-clock-applet
Remove alarm-clock-applet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alarm-clock-applet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alarm-clock-applet
Dependencies
alarm-clock-applet have the following dependencies:
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
- libayatana-appindicator3-1
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libnotify4
- dconf-gsettings-backend
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alarm-clock-applet package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
