How To Install gnome-shell-extension-runcat on Debian 12

Learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-runcat on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gnome-shell-extension-runcat is desktop icon for showing CPU usage with cats

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-runcat on Debian 12.

What is gnome-shell-extension-runcat

gnome-shell-extension-runcat is:

RunCat provides a key-frame animation to the GNOME Shell top bar. Animation speed changes depending on CPU usage.

There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-runcat 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 gnome-shell-extension-runcat Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-runcat using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-runcat

Install gnome-shell-extension-runcat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-runcat using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-runcat

Install gnome-shell-extension-runcat 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 gnome-shell-extension-runcat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extension-runcat

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-runcat on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-runcat package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-runcat

Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-runcat And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-runcat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extension-runcat

Remove gnome-shell-extension-runcat Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-shell-extension-runcat configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extension-runcat

Remove gnome-shell-extension-runcat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extension-runcat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extension-runcat

Dependencies

gnome-shell-extension-runcat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-runcat package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.