How To Install wmrack on Debian 10
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.