How To Install libappindicator3-1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator3-1 on Debian 9. libappindicator3-1 is allow applications to export a menu into the panel – GTK3 version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator3-1 on Debian 9.

What is libappindicator3-1

libappindicator3-1 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 shared libraries to be used by GTK3 applications.

There are three methods to install libappindicator3-1 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 libappindicator3-1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libappindicator3-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libappindicator3-1

Install libappindicator3-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libappindicator3-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libappindicator3-1

Install libappindicator3-1 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 libappindicator3-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libappindicator3-1

How To Uninstall libappindicator3-1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libappindicator3-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libappindicator3-1

Uninstall libappindicator3-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libappindicator3-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libappindicator3-1

Remove libappindicator3-1 Configurations and Data

To remove libappindicator3-1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libappindicator3-1

Remove libappindicator3-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libappindicator3-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libappindicator3-1

Dependencies

libappindicator3-1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator3-1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.