How To Install libappindicator-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator-dev on Debian 9. libappindicator-dev is allow applications to export a menu into the panel – development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator-dev on Debian 9.

What is libappindicator-dev

libappindicator-dev is:

A library to allow applications to export a menu into the panel. Based on KSNI it also works in KDE and will fallback to generic Systray support if none of those are available.

This package contains files that are needed to build applications.

There are three methods to install libappindicator-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libappindicator-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libappindicator-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libappindicator-dev

Install libappindicator-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libappindicator-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libappindicator-dev

Install libappindicator-dev 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libappindicator-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libappindicator-dev

How To Uninstall libappindicator-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libappindicator-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libappindicator-dev

Uninstall libappindicator-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libappindicator-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libappindicator-dev

Remove libappindicator-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libappindicator-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libappindicator-dev

Remove libappindicator-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libappindicator-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libappindicator-dev

Dependencies

libappindicator-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.