How To Install nm-tray on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nm-tray on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nm-tray
nm-tray is:
nm-tray is a simple NetworkManager front end with information icon residing in system tray (like e.g. nm-applet). It’s a pure Qt application. For interaction with NetworkManager it uses API provided by KF5::NetworkManagerQt -> plain DBus communication.
There are three methods to install nm-tray 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 nm-tray Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nm-tray using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nm-tray
Install nm-tray Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nm-tray using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nm-tray
Install nm-tray 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 nm-tray using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nm-tray
How To Uninstall nm-tray on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nm-tray package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nm-tray
Uninstall nm-tray And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nm-tray and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nm-tray
Remove nm-tray Configurations and Data
To remove nm-tray configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nm-tray
Remove nm-tray configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nm-tray configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nm-tray
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nm-tray package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
