How To Install workrave-gnome 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 workrave-gnome on Ubuntu.
What is workrave-gnome
workrave-gnome is:
Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit.
It includes a system tray applet that works with GNOME and KDE and has network capabilities to monitor your activity even if switching back and forth between different computers is part of your job.
Workrave offers many more configuration options than other similar tools.
This package includes a Workrave GNOME Shell extension.
There are three methods to install workrave-gnome 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 workrave-gnome Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install workrave-gnome using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install workrave-gnome
Install workrave-gnome Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install workrave-gnome using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install workrave-gnome
Install workrave-gnome 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 workrave-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install workrave-gnome
How To Uninstall workrave-gnome on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the workrave-gnome package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove workrave-gnome
Uninstall workrave-gnome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall workrave-gnome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove workrave-gnome
Remove workrave-gnome Configurations and Data
To remove workrave-gnome configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge workrave-gnome
Remove workrave-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove workrave-gnome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge workrave-gnome
Dependencies
workrave-gnome have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install workrave-gnome package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.