How To Install gnome-shell-timer on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-timer on Debian 10.
What is gnome-shell-timer
gnome-shell-timer is:
Installing this package adds a timer application to the GNOME Shell top panel. With it you can start a timer of any duration and when elapsed, you’ll get a notification. You can also preconfigure various durations to avoid having to retype them.
It’s a natural replacement of the “timer applet” for GNOME 2 (or 3 in fallback mode).
Users of the Pomodoro method will find this extension very useful.
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-timer on Debian 10. 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-timer 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-timer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-timer
Install gnome-shell-timer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-timer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-timer
Install gnome-shell-timer 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-timer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-timer
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-timer on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-timer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-timer
Uninstall gnome-shell-timer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-timer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-timer
Remove gnome-shell-timer Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-timer configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-timer
Remove gnome-shell-timer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-timer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-timer
Dependencies
gnome-shell-timer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-timer package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.