How To Install wmdocker on Debian 10

Learn how to install wmdocker on Debian 10 with this tutorial. wmdocker is System tray for KDE3/GNOME2 docklet applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmdocker on Debian 10.

What is wmdocker

wmdocker is:

Docker is a docking application (WindowMaker dock app) which acts as a system tray for any desktop environment, allowing you to have a system tray without running the KDE/GNOME panel Docker was designed to work with Openbox 2, but it should work fine in any window manager.

There are three methods to install wmdocker 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 wmdocker Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wmdocker using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wmdocker

Install wmdocker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wmdocker using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wmdocker

Install wmdocker 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 wmdocker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmdocker

How To Uninstall wmdocker on Debian 10

To uninstall only the wmdocker package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wmdocker

Uninstall wmdocker And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wmdocker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmdocker

Remove wmdocker Configurations and Data

To remove wmdocker configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wmdocker

Remove wmdocker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wmdocker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmdocker

Dependencies

wmdocker have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmdocker package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.