How To Install tty-clock on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tty-clock on Debian 12.
What is tty-clock
tty-clock is:
tty-clock is a simple ncurses-based clock that shows the time and date using a large display. It has a few commandline options to customize the output.
There are three methods to install tty-clock 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 tty-clock Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tty-clock using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tty-clock
Install tty-clock Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tty-clock using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tty-clock
Install tty-clock 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 tty-clock using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tty-clock
How To Uninstall tty-clock on Debian 12
To uninstall only the tty-clock package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tty-clock
Uninstall tty-clock And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tty-clock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tty-clock
Remove tty-clock Configurations and Data
To remove tty-clock configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tty-clock
Remove tty-clock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tty-clock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tty-clock
Dependencies
tty-clock have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tty-clock package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
