How To Install gkrellm on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gkrellm
gkrellm is:
With a single process, gkrellm manages multiple stacked monitors and supports applying themes to match the monitors appearance to your window manager, Gtk, or any other theme.
There are three methods to install gkrellm on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gkrellm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gkrellm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gkrellm
Install gkrellm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gkrellm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gkrellm
Install gkrellm 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gkrellm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gkrellm
How To Uninstall gkrellm on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gkrellm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gkrellm
Uninstall gkrellm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gkrellm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrellm
Remove gkrellm Configurations and Data
To remove gkrellm configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gkrellm
Remove gkrellm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gkrellm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrellm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
