How To Install gkrellkam on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellkam
on Debian 9.
What is gkrellkam
gkrellkam is:
GKrellKam is basically wmGrabImage in a GKrellM panel, except that it is more flexible (you can specify a local or remote image, or a list of local or remote images, or a script that outputs the right image, etc). The image (any format or size) is resized to a thumbnail and placed in a GKrellM panel, where it is updated periodically. Multiple images are rotated.
This plugin is useful for keeping track of webcams, weather maps, or any other kind of changing image information.
There are three methods to install gkrellkam
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 gkrellkam Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gkrellkam
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gkrellkam
Install gkrellkam Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gkrellkam
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gkrellkam
Install gkrellkam 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 gkrellkam
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gkrellkam
How To Uninstall gkrellkam on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gkrellkam
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gkrellkam
Uninstall gkrellkam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gkrellkam
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrellkam
Remove gkrellkam Configurations and Data
To remove gkrellkam
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gkrellkam
Remove gkrellkam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gkrellkam
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrellkam
Dependencies
gkrellkam have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellkam
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.