How To Install libindicator-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libindicator-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libindicator-dev
libindicator-dev is:
This library contains information to build indicators to go into the indicator applet.
This package contains files that are needed to build applications.
There are three methods to install libindicator-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libindicator-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 libindicator-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libindicator-dev
Install libindicator-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libindicator-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libindicator-dev
Install libindicator-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libindicator-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libindicator-dev
How To Uninstall libindicator-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libindicator-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libindicator-dev
Uninstall libindicator-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libindicator-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libindicator-dev
Remove libindicator-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libindicator-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libindicator-dev
Remove libindicator-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libindicator-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libindicator-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libindicator-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.