How To Install wmsystemtray on Debian 12

Learn how to install wmsystemtray on Debian 12 with this tutorial. wmsystemtray is Freedesktop.org system tray as a Window Maker dock app

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmsystemtray on Debian 12.

What is wmsystemtray

wmsystemtray is:

wmsystemtray is a system tray using the freedesktop.org system tray protocol designed as a Window Maker dock app. It has the ability to display more than one dock window to make room for more tray icons, and the ability to scroll through the icons if more are present than will fit.

There are three methods to install wmsystemtray on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wmsystemtray Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmsystemtray

Install wmsystemtray Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmsystemtray

Install wmsystemtray 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 wmsystemtray using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmsystemtray

How To Uninstall wmsystemtray on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove wmsystemtray

Uninstall wmsystemtray And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wmsystemtray and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmsystemtray

Remove wmsystemtray Configurations and Data

To remove wmsystemtray configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wmsystemtray

Remove wmsystemtray configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmsystemtray

Dependencies

wmsystemtray have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmsystemtray package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.