How To Install stopwatch on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install stopwatch on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is stopwatch
stopwatch is:
This is a stopwatch and timer program that uses the Tk toolkit. It has millisecond accuracy. Stopwatch can act as a graphical chronometer (it will provides a GUI interface to user).
There are three methods to install stopwatch 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 stopwatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install stopwatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install stopwatch
Install stopwatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install stopwatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install stopwatch
Install stopwatch 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 stopwatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install stopwatch
How To Uninstall stopwatch on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the stopwatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove stopwatch
Uninstall stopwatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall stopwatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove stopwatch
Remove stopwatch Configurations and Data
To remove stopwatch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge stopwatch
Remove stopwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove stopwatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stopwatch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install stopwatch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
