How To Install wmmoonclock on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmmoonclock on Ubuntu 18.04. wmmoonclock is Window Maker moon phase dockapp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmmoonclock on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is wmmoonclock

wmmoonclock is:

wmMoonClock displays a small pixmap of the current phase of the moon. You have to enter your latitude and longitude for it to work correctly. wmMoonClock is designed to work with the Window Maker dock, but will work with other window managers as well.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmmoonclock

Install wmmoonclock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmmoonclock

Install wmmoonclock 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 wmmoonclock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmmoonclock

How To Uninstall wmmoonclock on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove wmmoonclock

Uninstall wmmoonclock And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wmmoonclock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmmoonclock

Remove wmmoonclock Configurations and Data

To remove wmmoonclock configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wmmoonclock

Remove wmmoonclock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmmoonclock

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmmoonclock package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.