How To Install ayatana-indicator-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ayatana-indicator-common
ayatana-indicator-common is:
The Ayatana Indicators library contains information to build indicators to go into modern desktops’ indicator applets.
This package has files needed to work with the Ayatana Indicators. This includes the systemd ayatana-indicators-pre.target.
There are three methods to install ayatana-indicator-common 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 ayatana-indicator-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ayatana-indicator-common
Install ayatana-indicator-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ayatana-indicator-common
Install ayatana-indicator-common 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 ayatana-indicator-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-indicator-common
How To Uninstall ayatana-indicator-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ayatana-indicator-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ayatana-indicator-common
Uninstall ayatana-indicator-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ayatana-indicator-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ayatana-indicator-common
Remove ayatana-indicator-common Configurations and Data
To remove ayatana-indicator-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ayatana-indicator-common
Remove ayatana-indicator-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ayatana-indicator-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ayatana-indicator-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
