How To Install telepathy-indicator on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-indicator on Ubuntu 20.04. telepathy-indicator is Desktop service to integrate Telepathy with the messaging menu.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-indicator on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is telepathy-indicator

telepathy-indicator is:

Telepathy integration with the messaging menu.

There are three methods to install telepathy-indicator 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 telepathy-indicator Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install telepathy-indicator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install telepathy-indicator

Install telepathy-indicator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install telepathy-indicator using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install telepathy-indicator

Install telepathy-indicator 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 telepathy-indicator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install telepathy-indicator

How To Uninstall telepathy-indicator on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the telepathy-indicator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove telepathy-indicator

Uninstall telepathy-indicator And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove telepathy-indicator

Remove telepathy-indicator Configurations and Data

To remove telepathy-indicator configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge telepathy-indicator

Remove telepathy-indicator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove telepathy-indicator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge telepathy-indicator

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Summary

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