How To Install libpanel-applet-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpanel-applet-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libpanel-applet-dev is old library for GNOME Panel applets - development files old library for GNOME Panel applets - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpanel-applet-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libpanel-applet-dev

libpanel-applet-dev is:

GNOME Flashback continues the traditional desktop interface which was used in GNOME 2.x, but using modern GNOME technologies.

This package provides the development files for writing GNOME Panel applets.

This library is deprecated, please use libgnome-panel-dev instead.

Package: libpanel-applet-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:3.36.1-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/libdevel Source: gnome-panel Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 62 Depends: libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.35.0), libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.3.8), libpanel-applet3 (= 1:3.36.1-1ubuntu1) Recommends: libpanel-applet-doc Filename: pool/universe/g/gnome-panel/libpanel-applet-dev_3.36.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 5836 MD5sum: 05aaadd24c9e62819c941ee65aacc205 SHA1: 39aa0750e2d42a63ffc1981b626b497fe4cfc7c5 SHA256: 3ad16c986216e2ec40d556feba6b2e0e0b8d352817d88ae8f9d49c80f86864e6 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomePanel Description-en: old library for GNOME Panel applets - development files GNOME Flashback continues the traditional desktop interface which was used in GNOME 2.x, but using modern GNOME technologies.

This package provides the development files for writing GNOME Panel applets.

This library is deprecated, please use libgnome-panel-dev instead.

There are three methods to install libpanel-applet-dev 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 libpanel-applet-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 libpanel-applet-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpanel-applet-dev

Install libpanel-applet-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpanel-applet-dev

Install libpanel-applet-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 libpanel-applet-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpanel-applet-dev

How To Uninstall libpanel-applet-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libpanel-applet-dev

Uninstall libpanel-applet-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpanel-applet-dev

Remove libpanel-applet-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpanel-applet-dev

Remove libpanel-applet-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpanel-applet-dev

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Summary

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