How To Install ayatana-indicator-session on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-session on Kali Linux. ayatana-indicator-session is Ayatana Indicator showing session management, status and user switching

Introduction

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

What is ayatana-indicator-session

ayatana-indicator-session 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 instant message status, switching to another user, starting a guest session, etc.

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-session 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-session 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-session using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install ayatana-indicator-session Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ayatana-indicator-session

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

sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-indicator-session

How To Uninstall ayatana-indicator-session on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ayatana-indicator-session

Uninstall ayatana-indicator-session And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove ayatana-indicator-session Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

ayatana-indicator-session have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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