How To Install ayatana-indicator-power on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-power on Kali Linux. ayatana-indicator-power is Ayatana Indicator showing power state

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-power on Kali Linux.

What is ayatana-indicator-power

ayatana-indicator-power is:

This Ayatana Indicator displays current power management information and gives the user a way to access power management preferences.

The Ayatana Indicator provides a generic, multi-desktop-env aware approach of accessing power information and management features.

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-power on Kali Linux. 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-power 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-power using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install ayatana-indicator-power Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ayatana-indicator-power

Install ayatana-indicator-power Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-indicator-power

How To Uninstall ayatana-indicator-power on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ayatana-indicator-power

Uninstall ayatana-indicator-power And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ayatana-indicator-power and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

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

Remove ayatana-indicator-power Configurations and Data

To remove ayatana-indicator-power configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

ayatana-indicator-power have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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