How To Install indicator-applet-session on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-applet-session on Ubuntu 20.04. indicator-applet-session is transitional package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-applet-session on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is indicator-applet-session

indicator-applet-session is:

This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.

There are three methods to install indicator-applet-session 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 indicator-applet-session Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install indicator-applet-session

Install indicator-applet-session Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install indicator-applet-session using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install indicator-applet-session

Install indicator-applet-session 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 indicator-applet-session using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install indicator-applet-session

How To Uninstall indicator-applet-session on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the indicator-applet-session package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove indicator-applet-session

Uninstall indicator-applet-session And Its Dependencies

To uninstall indicator-applet-session and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove indicator-applet-session

Remove indicator-applet-session Configurations and Data

To remove indicator-applet-session configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge indicator-applet-session

Remove indicator-applet-session configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove indicator-applet-session configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indicator-applet-session

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-applet-session package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.