How To Install gkrellm-leds on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm-leds on Debian 12.
What is gkrellm-leds
gkrellm-leds is:
gkrellm-leds (aka gkleds) is a GKrellM plugin which monitors the CapsLock, NumLock and ScrollLock keys and reports their current status via on screen LEDs. This is useful for people who have keyboards without LEDs (typically cordless keyboards).
There are three methods to install gkrellm-leds on Debian 12. 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-leds 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-leds using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gkrellm-leds
Install gkrellm-leds Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gkrellm-leds using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gkrellm-leds
Install gkrellm-leds 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-leds using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gkrellm-leds
How To Uninstall gkrellm-leds on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gkrellm-leds package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gkrellm-leds
Uninstall gkrellm-leds And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gkrellm-leds and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrellm-leds
Remove gkrellm-leds Configurations and Data
To remove gkrellm-leds configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gkrellm-leds
Remove gkrellm-leds configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gkrellm-leds configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrellm-leds
Dependencies
gkrellm-leds have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libharfbuzz0b
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libx11-6
- libxtst6
- gkrellm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm-leds package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
