How To Install wallch on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wallch on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wallch
wallch is:
Wallch is a wallpaper changer for keeping your desktop fresh and new. It supports the following Desktop Environments: Gnome (with or without Unity integration), LXDE, XFCE and Mate.
Some random features:
- Live Website - set as wallpaper any webpage you wish
- Live Earth - a live picture of the earth
- Picture Of The Day - taken from wikipedia, changing daily
- Wallpaper Clocks - wallpapers that tell you the time
- Folder Monitoring
There are three methods to install wallch 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 wallch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wallch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wallch
Install wallch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wallch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wallch
Install wallch 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 wallch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wallch
How To Uninstall wallch on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wallch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wallch
Uninstall wallch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wallch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wallch
Remove wallch Configurations and Data
To remove wallch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wallch
Remove wallch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wallch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wallch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wallch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
