How To Install wmcube on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmcube on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wmcube
wmcube is:
wmcube is a dockapp that displays a realtime rotating 3D object which indicates current CPU load. The higher the load, the faster the object spins. On SMP machines one instance can be run for each processor.
Originally wmcube could spin only a cube, hence the name.
There are three methods to install wmcube 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 wmcube Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wmcube using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmcube
Install wmcube Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wmcube using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmcube
Install wmcube 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 wmcube using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmcube
How To Uninstall wmcube on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wmcube package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmcube
Uninstall wmcube And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmcube and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmcube
Remove wmcube Configurations and Data
To remove wmcube configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmcube
Remove wmcube configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmcube configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmcube
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmcube package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
