HOW TO INSTALL RAINLENDAR2 DESKTOP CALENDAR APP IN UBUNTU 16.04 – A FREE DESKTOP CALENDAR APPLICATION FOR LINUX
HOW TO INSTALL RAINLENDAR2 DESKTOP CALENDAR APP IN UBUNTU 16.04 – A FREE DESKTOP CALENDAR APPLICATION FOR LINUX
Introduction
In this article we are going to learn How to install rainlendar2 desktop calendar app in Ubuntu 16.04. rainlendar2 is a open source free desktop calendar application is a simple calendar gadget for your desktop. It’s looks so beautiful and highly personalized which make your desktop’s look nice. The main advantage of rainlendar2 desktop calendar app is it’s not just a calendar application but much more then that.
So let’s have look at features of rainlendar2 free desktop calendar application :
- It’s an cross platform application available for major operating systems i.e. Linux, Microsoft Windows, MacOS.
- Set your Alarms.
- Manage day to day tasks and events by listing in rainlendar2 desktop calendar app.
- Official skins and languages are available for download.
- Completely Customizable.
- Available for 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems.
Follow the below steps to install rainlendar2 desktop calendar app in Ubuntu 16.04 – A free desktop calendar application for Linux
We should always Update the Packages and Repositories of Ubuntu 16.04 before start the installation of any package. So use the below command to do the same.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update # Update Packages & Repositories
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
After updating the Packages & Repositories now download the rainlendar2 desktop calendar app from official website using below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ wget http://www.rainlendar.net/download/rainlendar2-lite_2.13.1.b147-1_amd64.deb --2017-12-25 01:45:01-- http://www.rainlendar.net/download/rainlendar2-lite_2.13.1.b147-1_amd64.deb Resolving www.rainlendar.net (www.rainlendar.net)... 192.185.21.207 Connecting to www.rainlendar.net (www.rainlendar.net)|192.185.21.207|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 14722852 (14M) [application/x-debian-package] Saving to: ‘rainlendar2-lite_2.13.1.b147-1_amd64.deb’ rainlendar2-lite_2.13.1.b147-1_amd64.deb 100%[=====================================================================================>] 14.04M 604KB/s in 26s 2017-12-25 01:45:28 (558 KB/s) - ‘rainlendar2-lite_2.13.1.b147-1_amd64.deb’ saved [14722852/14722852]
As you can see below we have already downloaded the rainlendar2 .deb package.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ ls -l rainlendar2-lite_2.13.1.b147-1_amd64.deb # Downloaded Package
-rw-rw-r-- 1 elinuxbook elinuxbook 14722852 Nov 14 2015 rainlendar2-lite_2.13.1.b147-1_amd64.deb
Now we are ready to install the rainlendar2 free desktop calendar application. Hence follow the below command to install the package.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -i rainlendar2-lite_2.13.1.b147-1_amd64.deb # Install the Package
Selecting previously unselected package rainlendar2-lite.
(Reading database ... 175756 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack rainlendar2-lite_2.13.1.b147-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking rainlendar2-lite (2.13.1.b147-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rainlendar2-lite:
rainlendar2-lite depends on libwebkitgtk-1.0-0; however:
Package libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package rainlendar2-lite (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
rainlendar2-lite
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As you can see above, during installation rainlendar2 desktop calendar app asking for dependencies. You can use the below command to install all required dependencies.
Note : The below command will install both rainlendar2 package with all required dependencies.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install -f # Install required dependencies Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-common The following NEW packages will be installed: libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-common 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 354 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 9,807 kB/10.2 MB of archives. After this operation, 42.5 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y ---> Enter 'y' to continue the installation
As you can see above we have successfully installed the rainlendar2 free desktop calendar application. To confirm the same refer the below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -l rainlendar2-lite # Confirm the installed Package
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-====================================-=======================-=======================-=============================================================================
ii rainlendar2-lite 2.13.1.b147-1 amd64 Customizable desktop calendar
Now to open the application just type the command rainlendar2 on shell prompt. Refer the command below.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ rainlendar2 # Open the application
RAINLENDAR2 DESKTOP CALENDAR APP
To uninstall the rainlendar2 free desktop calendar application use the below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -r rainlendar2-lite # Uninstall the rainlendar2 Application
(Reading database ... 176479 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing rainlendar2-lite (2.13.1.b147-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
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