How To Install gnome-panel-control on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-panel-control on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-panel-control
gnome-panel-control is:
gnome-panel-control can be used to invoke the GNOME panel run or main menu from the command line. This is originally a helper utility of openbox since gnome-panel is no longer managing its own key bindings.
Package: gnome-panel-control Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.6.1-9 Priority: optional Section: universe/x11 Source: openbox Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Mateusz Łukasik [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 48 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6 Breaks: openbox (« 3.4.11.2) Replaces: openbox (« 3.4.11.2) Filename: pool/universe/o/openbox/gnome-panel-control_3.6.1-9_amd64.deb Size: 11612 MD5sum: 77f34c4d4ebe0e8cf79b8ce9ea18093c SHA1: 7c1a68411e5ea5a35932c753a2e10a2f3d4dd1ad SHA256: f96393004dcc6dd8bfeb252370121efaa6da668b6684dbc1aa79d99b0e0c1a7b Homepage: http://www.openbox.org Description-en: command line utility to invoke GNOME panel run dialog/menu gnome-panel-control can be used to invoke the GNOME panel run or main menu from the command line. This is originally a helper utility of openbox since gnome-panel is no longer managing its own key bindings.
There are three methods to install gnome-panel-control on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnome-panel-control Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-panel-control using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-panel-control
Install gnome-panel-control Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-panel-control using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-panel-control
Install gnome-panel-control 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 gnome-panel-control using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-panel-control
How To Uninstall gnome-panel-control on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-panel-control package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-panel-control
Uninstall gnome-panel-control And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-panel-control and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-panel-control
Remove gnome-panel-control Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-panel-control configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-panel-control
Remove gnome-panel-control configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-panel-control configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-panel-control
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-panel-control package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
