How To Install osdclock on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install osdclock on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is osdclock
osdclock is:
A clock which uses the X On-Screen Display library to display itself.
It supports a strftime(3)-style format parameter and can be configured to show up only at specific intervals.
There are three methods to install osdclock 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 osdclock Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install osdclock using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install osdclock
Install osdclock Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install osdclock using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install osdclock
Install osdclock 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 osdclock using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install osdclock
How To Uninstall osdclock on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the osdclock package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove osdclock
Uninstall osdclock And Its Dependencies
To uninstall osdclock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove osdclock
Remove osdclock Configurations and Data
To remove osdclock configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge osdclock
Remove osdclock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove osdclock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osdclock
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install osdclock package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
