How To Install workrave-ayatana on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install workrave-ayatana on Debian 12.
What is workrave-ayatana
workrave-ayatana is:
Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit.
It includes a system tray applet that works with GNOME and KDE and has network capabilities to monitor your activity even if switching back and forth between different computers is part of your job.
Workrave offers many more configuration options than other similar tools.
This package includes a Workrave Ayatana Indicator for desktop environments that are capable of displaying them.
There are three methods to install workrave-ayatana 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 workrave-ayatana Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install workrave-ayatana using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install workrave-ayatana
Install workrave-ayatana Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install workrave-ayatana using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install workrave-ayatana
Install workrave-ayatana 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 workrave-ayatana using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install workrave-ayatana
How To Uninstall workrave-ayatana on Debian 12
To uninstall only the workrave-ayatana package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove workrave-ayatana
Uninstall workrave-ayatana And Its Dependencies
To uninstall workrave-ayatana and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove workrave-ayatana
Remove workrave-ayatana Configurations and Data
To remove workrave-ayatana configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge workrave-ayatana
Remove workrave-ayatana configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove workrave-ayatana configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge workrave-ayatana
Dependencies
workrave-ayatana have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install workrave-ayatana package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
