How To Install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
gnome-shell-extension-appindicator is:
This extension integrates Ubuntu AppIndicators and KStatusNotifierItems (KDE’s blessed successor of the systray) into GNOME Shell.
Features:
- show indicator icons in the panel
- reveal indicator menus upon click
- double clicking an icon will activate the application window (if implemented by the indicator)
- middle mouse click an icon to send a ‘SecondaryActivate’ event to the application. Support needs to be implemented in the application Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop
Package: gnome-shell-extension-appindicator Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: gnome Installed-Size: 123 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: all Version: 33.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Depends: gnome-shell (>= 3.33), gnome-shell (« 3.37) Description-en: AppIndicator/KStatusNotifierItem support for GNOME Shell This extension integrates Ubuntu AppIndicators and KStatusNotifierItems (KDE’s blessed successor of the systray) into GNOME Shell.
Features:
- show indicator icons in the panel
- reveal indicator menus upon click
- double clicking an icon will activate the application window (if implemented by the indicator)
- middle mouse click an icon to send a ‘SecondaryActivate’ event to the application. Support needs to be implemented in the application Homepage: https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected]
Package: gnome-shell-extension-appindicator Architecture: all Version: 33-1 Priority: optional Section: gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 116 Depends: gnome-shell (>= 3.33), gnome-shell (« 3.37) Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator_33-1_all.deb Size: 25828 MD5sum: 87deb5daa911e7f056e2cfb0ad76dab3 SHA1: c4ef974e80b912cd0536a40f6d10e90c3d666295 SHA256: e7f3b094e2b97c7054e6a2d1a3920b4d5724466158086640d944345b5b347c4c Homepage: https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator Description-en: AppIndicator/KStatusNotifierItem support for GNOME Shell This extension integrates Ubuntu AppIndicators and KStatusNotifierItems (KDE’s blessed successor of the systray) into GNOME Shell.
Features:
- show indicator icons in the panel
- reveal indicator menus upon click
- double clicking an icon will activate the application window (if implemented by the indicator)
- middle mouse click an icon to send a ‘SecondaryActivate’ event to the application. Support needs to be implemented in the application Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 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-shell-extension-appindicator 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-shell-extension-appindicator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
Install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
Install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 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-shell-extension-appindicator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-appindicator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
Remove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
Remove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
