How To Install workrave-mate on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install workrave-mate on Debian 12.
What is workrave-mate
workrave-mate 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 applet for the MATE panel.
There are three methods to install workrave-mate 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-mate 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-mate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install workrave-mate
Install workrave-mate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install workrave-mate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install workrave-mate
Install workrave-mate 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-mate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install workrave-mate
How To Uninstall workrave-mate on Debian 12
To uninstall only the workrave-mate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove workrave-mate
Uninstall workrave-mate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall workrave-mate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove workrave-mate
Remove workrave-mate Configurations and Data
To remove workrave-mate configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge workrave-mate
Remove workrave-mate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove workrave-mate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge workrave-mate
Dependencies
workrave-mate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install workrave-mate package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
