How To Install wmrack on Debian 10

Learn how to install wmrack on Debian 10 with this tutorial. wmrack is Combined CD Player + Mixer designed for WindowMaker

Introduction

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

What is wmrack

wmrack is:

This dockapp combines a CD player and a mixer in one 48x48 window. Very efficient on screen real-estate. Especially handy if you mainly want a mixer, and only rarely use a CD player, but want to have one around just in case.

It’s designed with WindowMaker in mind, but it works fine with any window manager, and can be swallowed by afterstep/fvwm/gnome panel/etc.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmrack

Install wmrack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmrack

Install wmrack 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 wmrack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmrack

How To Uninstall wmrack on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove wmrack

Uninstall wmrack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmrack

Remove wmrack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmrack

Remove wmrack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmrack

Dependencies

wmrack have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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