How To Install kshutdown on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kshutdown
on Debian 9.
What is kshutdown
kshutdown is:
It has 4 main commands:
- Shut Down (logout and halt the system),
- Reboot (logout and reboot the system),
- Lock Screen (lock the screen using a screen saver),
- Logout (end the session and logout the user).
It features time and delay options, command line support, wizard, and sounds.
There are three methods to install kshutdown
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 kshutdown Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kshutdown
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kshutdown
Install kshutdown Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kshutdown
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kshutdown
Install kshutdown 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 kshutdown
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kshutdown
How To Uninstall kshutdown on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kshutdown
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kshutdown
Uninstall kshutdown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kshutdown
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kshutdown
Remove kshutdown Configurations and Data
To remove kshutdown
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kshutdown
Remove kshutdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kshutdown
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kshutdown
Dependencies
kshutdown have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kshutdown
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.