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Quick installation of gdesklets:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: gdesklets
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install gdesklets
Package Details | |
| Package: | gdesklets |
| Version: | 0.36.1-5 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | |
| Description: | Architecture for desktop applets gDesklets is an architecture for "desklets", which are tiny applets sitting on your desktop in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness. . You can populate your desktop with status meters, icon bars, weather sensors, news tickers... whatever you can imagine... Virtually anything is possible and may even be available some day. . This package includes a small number of applets. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/gnome |
How to install gdesklets on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If gdesklets is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L gdesklets' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L gdesklets Package `gdesklets' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing gdesklets:
After system update use the following command to install gdesklets:
sudo apt-get install gdesklets
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove gdesklets from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the gdesklets from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the gdesklets following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove gdesklets
Following command is used to remove the gdesklets package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove gdesklets
This will remove gdesklets and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing gdesklets with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge gdesklets
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove gdesklets
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with gdesklets package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
