How To Install ayatana-indicator-display on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-display on Ubuntu 22.04. ayatana-indicator-display is Ayatana Indicator for Display configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-display on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ayatana-indicator-display

ayatana-indicator-display is:

This Ayatana Indicator is designed to be placed on the right side of a panel and give the user easy control for changing their display settings.

Ayatana Indicators are only available on desktop environments that provide a renderer for system indicators (such as MATE, Xfce, Lomiri, etc.).

There are three methods to install ayatana-indicator-display on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-display 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-display using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ayatana-indicator-display

Install ayatana-indicator-display Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ayatana-indicator-display

Install ayatana-indicator-display 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-display using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-indicator-display

How To Uninstall ayatana-indicator-display on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ayatana-indicator-display

Uninstall ayatana-indicator-display And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ayatana-indicator-display and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ayatana-indicator-display

Remove ayatana-indicator-display Configurations and Data

To remove ayatana-indicator-display configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ayatana-indicator-display

Remove ayatana-indicator-display configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ayatana-indicator-display

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-display package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.