How To Install gnome-shell-extension-weather on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-weather on Debian 9. gnome-shell-extension-weather is weather extension for GNOME Shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-weather on Debian 9.

What is gnome-shell-extension-weather

gnome-shell-extension-weather is:

gnome-shell-extension-weather is a simple extension for displaying weather conditions and forecasts in GNOME Shell, featuring support for multiple locations, an easy way of selecting locations, and a settings panel through gnome-shell-extension-prefs. The weather data are fetched from Yahoo! Weather, and include forecasts for up to five days.

There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-weather 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 gnome-shell-extension-weather 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-weather using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install gnome-shell-extension-weather Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-weather on Debian 9

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

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

Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-weather And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-weather and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove gnome-shell-extension-weather Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-shell-extension-weather configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

Summary

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