How To Install gtrayicon on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtrayicon on Debian 10.
What is gtrayicon
gtrayicon is:
Generic tray icon for GNOME is a small utility which allows to add a icon to the system tray that can be used to trigger customized enable/disable actions.
There are three methods to install gtrayicon 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 gtrayicon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gtrayicon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gtrayicon
Install gtrayicon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gtrayicon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gtrayicon
Install gtrayicon 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 gtrayicon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gtrayicon
How To Uninstall gtrayicon on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gtrayicon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gtrayicon
Uninstall gtrayicon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gtrayicon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtrayicon
Remove gtrayicon Configurations and Data
To remove gtrayicon configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gtrayicon
Remove gtrayicon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gtrayicon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtrayicon
Dependencies
gtrayicon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtrayicon package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
