How To Install alarm-clock-applet on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install alarm-clock-applet on Debian 9. alarm-clock-applet is alarm clock panel indicator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alarm-clock-applet on Debian 9.

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 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 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 9

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 9, 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 9 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:

References

Summary

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