How To Install python-ayatana-appindicator on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-ayatana-appindicator on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-ayatana-appindicator is Python bindings for libayatana-appindicator (GTK-2+ version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ayatana-appindicator on Debian 10.

What is python-ayatana-appindicator

python-ayatana-appindicator is:

A library and indicator to take menus from applications and place them in the panel.

This package provides Python (v2) bindings against python-gtk2 so that you can use libayatana-appindicator from a Python program.

There are three methods to install python-ayatana-appindicator on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-ayatana-appindicator Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-ayatana-appindicator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-ayatana-appindicator

Install python-ayatana-appindicator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-ayatana-appindicator using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-ayatana-appindicator

Install python-ayatana-appindicator 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 python-ayatana-appindicator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-ayatana-appindicator

How To Uninstall python-ayatana-appindicator on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-ayatana-appindicator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-ayatana-appindicator

Uninstall python-ayatana-appindicator And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-ayatana-appindicator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ayatana-appindicator

Remove python-ayatana-appindicator Configurations and Data

To remove python-ayatana-appindicator configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-ayatana-appindicator

Remove python-ayatana-appindicator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-ayatana-appindicator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ayatana-appindicator

Dependencies

python-ayatana-appindicator have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ayatana-appindicator package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.