How To Install gnome-shell-timer on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-timer on Kali Linux.
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 Kali Linux. 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-timer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-timerInstall gnome-shell-timer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-timer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-timerInstall gnome-shell-timer Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-timer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-timerHow To Uninstall gnome-shell-timer on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-timer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-timerUninstall gnome-shell-timer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-timer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-timerRemove gnome-shell-timer Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-timer configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-timerRemove 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-timerDependencies
gnome-shell-timer have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-timer package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.