How To Install screenie 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 screenie on Ubuntu.
What is screenie
screenie is:
Screenie is a small and lightweight screen(1) wrapper designed to simplify management of detached jobs by providing simple interactive menu.
This is an enhanced Perl-reimplementation of ‘screenie’ by Marc O. Gloor
There are three methods to install screenie 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 screenie Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install screenie using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install screenie
Install screenie Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install screenie using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install screenie
Install screenie 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 screenie using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install screenie
How To Uninstall screenie on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the screenie package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove screenie
Uninstall screenie And Its Dependencies
To uninstall screenie and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove screenie
Remove screenie Configurations and Data
To remove screenie configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge screenie
Remove screenie configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove screenie configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge screenie
Dependencies
screenie have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install screenie package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.