How To Install kalarm on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kalarm on Debian 10.
What is kalarm
kalarm is:
KAlarm provides a graphical interface to schedule personal timed events - pop-up alarm messages, command execution and sending emails. There is a range of options for configuring recurring events.
A pop-up alarm can show either a simple text message, or the contents of a text or image file. It can optionally be spoken, or play a sound file. You can choose its appearance, and set reminders. Among KAlarm’s other facilities, you can set up templates to allow KAlarm to be used as a ’tea timer'.
There are three methods to install kalarm 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 kalarm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kalarm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kalarm
Install kalarm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kalarm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kalarm
Install kalarm 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 kalarm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kalarm
How To Uninstall kalarm on Debian 10
To uninstall only the kalarm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kalarm
Uninstall kalarm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kalarm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kalarm
Remove kalarm Configurations and Data
To remove kalarm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kalarm
Remove kalarm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kalarm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kalarm
Dependencies
kalarm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kalarm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.