How To Install indicator-appmenu on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-appmenu on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is indicator-appmenu
indicator-appmenu is:
This package provides support for application menus.
There are three methods to install indicator-appmenu 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-appmenu 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-appmenu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install indicator-appmenu
Install indicator-appmenu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-appmenu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install indicator-appmenu
Install indicator-appmenu 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-appmenu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install indicator-appmenu
How To Uninstall indicator-appmenu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the indicator-appmenu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove indicator-appmenu
Uninstall indicator-appmenu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall indicator-appmenu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove indicator-appmenu
Remove indicator-appmenu Configurations and Data
To remove indicator-appmenu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge indicator-appmenu
Remove indicator-appmenu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove indicator-appmenu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indicator-appmenu
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-appmenu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
