Prevent suspend & keep the screen

[spaetz]

Some applications do not keep the screen on and the screensaver (or suspend) kicks in. (Video players such as mpv come to mind). In this case the little wrapper app “coffeine” comes in handy (source). Download the latest .deb file and install it with

Code:

sudo dpkg -i ./coffeine*.deb

Use it just by prepending it to the application you want to execute, e.g.

Code:

coffeine apt dist-upgrade

and the screen will stay on while you upgrade your system and won't suspend in between.

UPDATE: Disclaiimer, it was written my me, so this is a shameless self-plug.