How To Install mate-sntray-plugin on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-sntray-plugin on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mate-sntray-plugin
mate-sntray-plugin is:
Plugin for xfce4-panel to show StatusNotifierItems (also known as AppIndicators). Based on ValaPanel`s StatusNotifier and xfce4-snw-plugin by equiem.
MATE panel applet version of the plugin.
There are three methods to install mate-sntray-plugin 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 mate-sntray-plugin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-sntray-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-sntray-plugin
Install mate-sntray-plugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-sntray-plugin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-sntray-plugin
Install mate-sntray-plugin 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 mate-sntray-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-sntray-plugin
How To Uninstall mate-sntray-plugin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mate-sntray-plugin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-sntray-plugin
Uninstall mate-sntray-plugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-sntray-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-sntray-plugin
Remove mate-sntray-plugin Configurations and Data
To remove mate-sntray-plugin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-sntray-plugin
Remove mate-sntray-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-sntray-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-sntray-plugin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-sntray-plugin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
