How To Install slashtime on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slashtime on Debian 10.
What is slashtime
slashtime is:
A small program which displays the time in various places. It has a compact display of locations along with supporting information such as the date and the abbreviated code used to name that timezone.
Time data displayed will be as accurate as the system’s zoneinfo data is used. Somewhat unusually, Slashtime shows the offset from the current location, not from UTC. When running you can change the center point by double-clicking on another city.
There is a meeting planner built into Slashtime. You can specify a date and time and see what the corresponding time in other locations will be.
There are three methods to install slashtime 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 slashtime Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install slashtime using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install slashtime
Install slashtime Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install slashtime using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install slashtime
Install slashtime 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 slashtime using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install slashtime
How To Uninstall slashtime on Debian 10
To uninstall only the slashtime package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove slashtime
Uninstall slashtime And Its Dependencies
To uninstall slashtime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove slashtime
Remove slashtime Configurations and Data
To remove slashtime configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge slashtime
Remove slashtime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove slashtime configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slashtime
Dependencies
slashtime have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slashtime package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.