How To Install gbirthday on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gbirthday on Debian 10.
What is gbirthday
gbirthday is:
GBirthday is an applet to help you remember your friends’ and contacts' birthdays. It uses the notifcation area for alerts. Data can be stored in a number of address book formats, flat file CSV and MySQL database.
There are three methods to install gbirthday 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 gbirthday Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gbirthday using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gbirthday
Install gbirthday Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gbirthday using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gbirthday
Install gbirthday 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 gbirthday using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gbirthday
How To Uninstall gbirthday on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gbirthday package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gbirthday
Uninstall gbirthday And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gbirthday and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gbirthday
Remove gbirthday Configurations and Data
To remove gbirthday configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gbirthday
Remove gbirthday configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gbirthday configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gbirthday
Dependencies
gbirthday have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gbirthday package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.