How To Install wmlongrun on Debian 10

Learn how to install wmlongrun on Debian 10 with this tutorial. wmlongrun is program to monitor longrun status

Introduction

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

What is wmlongrun

wmlongrun is:

WMLongRun is a program to monitor LongRun. It displays the current LongRun(tm) settings and status: the frequency, the LongRun(tm) flags (performance or economy), and the performance level (expressed as a percentile). It is a dockapp (dockable application) that is supported by X window managers such as Window Maker, AfterStep, BlackBox, and Enlightenment.

It has two user interfaces: an LCD look-alike user interface and an LED-interface. If you select the LCD-interfaces, the back-light may be turned on/off by clicking the mouse button over the application.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmlongrun

Install wmlongrun Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmlongrun

Install wmlongrun 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 wmlongrun using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmlongrun

How To Uninstall wmlongrun on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove wmlongrun

Uninstall wmlongrun And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmlongrun

Remove wmlongrun Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmlongrun

Remove wmlongrun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmlongrun

Dependencies

wmlongrun have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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