How To Install fspanel on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fspanel
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fspanel
fspanel is:
A panel for X that lists all your windows, while consuming minimal disk, memory, and screen space. It works under any GNOME compliant window manager (e.g. E, Sawfish, WindowMaker, IceWM, Oroborus) and supports KDE’s mini icons (the KWM_WIN_ICON atom).
There are three methods to install fspanel
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fspanel Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fspanel
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fspanel
Install fspanel Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fspanel
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fspanel
Install fspanel 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 fspanel
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fspanel
How To Uninstall fspanel on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fspanel
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fspanel
Uninstall fspanel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fspanel
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fspanel
Remove fspanel Configurations and Data
To remove fspanel
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fspanel
Remove fspanel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fspanel
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fspanel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fspanel
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.