How To Install wmshutdown 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 wmshutdown on Ubuntu.
What is wmshutdown
wmshutdown is:
This is a dock applications for Window Maker that allows you to shutdown or reboot your machine just by clickig a button on desktop and confirming. It’s useful just for desktop machines.
There are three methods to install wmshutdown 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 wmshutdown Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wmshutdown using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmshutdown
Install wmshutdown Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wmshutdown using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmshutdown
Install wmshutdown 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 wmshutdown using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmshutdown
How To Uninstall wmshutdown on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wmshutdown package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmshutdown
Uninstall wmshutdown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmshutdown and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmshutdown
Remove wmshutdown Configurations and Data
To remove wmshutdown configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmshutdown
Remove wmshutdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmshutdown configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmshutdown
Dependencies
wmshutdown have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmshutdown package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.