How To Install tickr 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 tickr on Ubuntu.

What is tickr

tickr is:

Tickr is a GTK-based RSS/Atom Reader that displays feeds as a smooth scrolling line on your Desktop, as known from TV stations. Open feed links in your favourite Browser. Graphics are highly customizable.

There are three methods to install tickr 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 tickr Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tickr

Install tickr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tickr

Install tickr 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 tickr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tickr

How To Uninstall tickr on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove tickr

Uninstall tickr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tickr

Remove tickr Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tickr

Remove tickr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tickr

Dependencies

tickr have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfribidi0
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgnutls30
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libxml2

References

• tickr website

Summary

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