How To Install caffeine on Debian 10

Learn how to install caffeine on Debian 10 with this tutorial. caffeine is prevent the desktop becoming idle in full-screen mode

Introduction

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

What is `caffeine`

caffeine is:

Caffeine prevents the desktop from becoming idle when an application is running full-screen. A desktop indicator ??caffeine-indicator?? supplies a manual toggle, and the command ??caffeinate?? can be used to prevent idleness for the duration of any command.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install caffeine

Install caffeine Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install caffeine

Install caffeine 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 caffeine using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install caffeine

How To Uninstall caffeine on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove caffeine

Uninstall caffeine And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove caffeine

Remove caffeine Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge caffeine

Remove caffeine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge caffeine

Dependencies

caffeine have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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