How To Install gkrellm-bfm on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm-bfm on Debian 9.

What is gkrellm-bfm

gkrellm-bfm is:

A load monitor plugin for gkrellm, descended from wmfishtime and bubblemon. Features include fish representing network traffic, bubbles representing CPU usage, and a duck representing a duck.

There are three methods to install gkrellm-bfm 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 gkrellm-bfm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gkrellm-bfm

Install gkrellm-bfm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gkrellm-bfm

Install gkrellm-bfm 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 gkrellm-bfm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gkrellm-bfm

How To Uninstall gkrellm-bfm on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gkrellm-bfm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gkrellm-bfm

Uninstall gkrellm-bfm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gkrellm-bfm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrellm-bfm

Remove gkrellm-bfm Configurations and Data

To remove gkrellm-bfm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gkrellm-bfm

Remove gkrellm-bfm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrellm-bfm

Dependencies

gkrellm-bfm have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpangoft2-1.0-0
• libx11-6

References

• gkrellm-bfm website

Summary

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