How To Install vala-panel on Debian 10

Learn how to install vala-panel on Debian 10 with this tutorial. vala-panel is Desktop panel written in Vala and GTK+ 3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vala-panel on Debian 10.

What is vala-panel

vala-panel is:

Vala Panel is a rewrite of SimplePanel. It is a GTK+ 3 desktop panel written in Vala and based on ideas from LXPanel.

Vala Panel can be extended with plugins that provide application menus, clock, tasklist, system tray, etc.

There are three methods to install vala-panel 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 vala-panel Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vala-panel

Install vala-panel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vala-panel

Install vala-panel 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 vala-panel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vala-panel

How To Uninstall vala-panel on Debian 10

To uninstall only the vala-panel package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vala-panel

Uninstall vala-panel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vala-panel

Remove vala-panel Configurations and Data

To remove vala-panel configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vala-panel

Remove vala-panel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vala-panel

Dependencies

vala-panel have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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