How To Install mako-notifier on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mako-notifier on Debian 12.
What is mako-notifier
mako-notifier is:
mako is a lightweight notification daemon for Wayland compositors that support the layer-shell protocol.
There are three methods to install mako-notifier on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mako-notifier Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mako-notifier using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mako-notifier
Install mako-notifier Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mako-notifier using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mako-notifier
Install mako-notifier 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 mako-notifier using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mako-notifier
How To Uninstall mako-notifier on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mako-notifier package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mako-notifier
Uninstall mako-notifier And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mako-notifier and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mako-notifier
Remove mako-notifier Configurations and Data
To remove mako-notifier configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mako-notifier
Remove mako-notifier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mako-notifier configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mako-notifier
Dependencies
mako-notifier have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libsystemd0
- libwayland-client0
- libwayland-cursor0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mako-notifier package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
