How To Install kronometer on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kronometer on Ubuntu.

What is `kronometer`

kronometer is:

Kronometer is a stopwatch application.

Kronometer’s main features are the following:

start/pause/resume the stopwatch widget
laps recording: you can capture the stopwatch time when you want and add a note to it
lap times sorting: you can easily find the shortest lap time or the longest one
reset the stopwatch widget and the lap times
time format settings: you can choose the stopwatch granularity
times saving and resuming: you can save the stopwatch status and resume it later
font customization: you can choose the fonts for each of the stopwatch digits
color customization: you can choose the color for the stopwatch digits and the stopwatch background
lap times export: you can export the lap times on a file using the JSON or CSV format

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

Install kronometer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kronometer

Install kronometer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kronometer

Install kronometer 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 kronometer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kronometer

How To Uninstall kronometer on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove kronometer

Uninstall kronometer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kronometer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kronometer

Remove kronometer Configurations and Data

To remove kronometer configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kronometer

Remove kronometer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kronometer

Dependencies

kronometer have the following dependencies:

References

kronometer website

Summary

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