How To Install wmpomme on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmpomme on Ubuntu 18.04. wmpomme is WindowMaker dockapp client for pommed

Introduction

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

What is wmpomme

wmpomme is:

pommed handles the hotkeys found on the Apple MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook, PowerBook and iBook laptops and adjusts the LCD backlight, sound volume, keyboard backlight or ejects the CD-ROM drive accordingly.

wmpomme is a dockapp client for pommed. It displays the current level of each item controlled by pommed.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmpomme

Install wmpomme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmpomme

Install wmpomme 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 wmpomme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmpomme

How To Uninstall wmpomme on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove wmpomme

Uninstall wmpomme And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmpomme

Remove wmpomme Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmpomme

Remove wmpomme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmpomme

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Summary

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