How To Install specto on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install specto on Debian 9. specto is Unobtrusive update notification program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install specto on Debian 9.

What is specto

specto is:

Specto is a desktop application that will watch any user-specified events (web, folder, …). This will allow users, for instance, to specify a website to watch, and Specto will automatically check for updates on the web page. It will then notify the user when there is activity. This will allow the user to be informed of new updates/events instead of having to look out for them.

There are three methods to install specto on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install specto Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install specto

Install specto Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install specto

Install specto 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install specto

How To Uninstall specto on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove specto

Uninstall specto And Its Dependencies

To uninstall specto and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove specto

Remove specto Configurations and Data

To remove specto configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge specto

Remove specto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge specto

Dependencies

specto have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install specto package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.