How To Install safeeyes on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install safeeyes on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is safeeyes
safeeyes is:
Safe Eyes is a simple tool to remind you to take periodic breaks for your eyes. This is essential for anyone spending more time on the computer to avoid eye strain and other physical problems.
Features:
- Short breaks with eye exercises
- Long breaks to change physical position and to warm up
- Strict break for those who are addicted to computer
- Do not disturb when working with full-screen applications
- Notifications before every break
- Optional audible alert at the end of break
- Option to lock screen after long breaks
- Smart pause and resume based on system idle time
- Multi-monitor support
- Plugins to utilize Safe Eyes
- Elegant and customizable design
There are three methods to install safeeyes on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install safeeyes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install safeeyes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install safeeyes
Install safeeyes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install safeeyes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install safeeyes
Install safeeyes 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install safeeyes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install safeeyes
How To Uninstall safeeyes on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the safeeyes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove safeeyes
Uninstall safeeyes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall safeeyes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove safeeyes
Remove safeeyes Configurations and Data
To remove safeeyes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge safeeyes
Remove safeeyes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove safeeyes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge safeeyes
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install safeeyes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
