How To Install screenlets-doc on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install screenlets-doc on Debian 9.

What is screenlets-doc

screenlets-doc is:

Screenlets are small owner-drawn applications (written in Python) that can be described as “the virtual representation of things lying/standing around on your desk”. Sticky notes, clocks, rulers, … the possibilities are endless.

This package contains the API documentation.

There are three methods to install screenlets-doc 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 screenlets-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install screenlets-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install screenlets-doc

Install screenlets-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install screenlets-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install screenlets-doc

Install screenlets-doc 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 screenlets-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install screenlets-doc

How To Uninstall screenlets-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the screenlets-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove screenlets-doc

Uninstall screenlets-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall screenlets-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove screenlets-doc

Remove screenlets-doc Configurations and Data

To remove screenlets-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge screenlets-doc

Remove screenlets-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove screenlets-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge screenlets-doc

Dependencies

screenlets-doc have the following dependencies:

• screenlets

References

• screenlets-doc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install screenlets-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.