How To Install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator on Kali Linux. gnome-shell-extension-appindicator is AppIndicator/KStatusNotifierItem support for GNOME Shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator on Kali Linux.

What is gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

gnome-shell-extension-appindicator is:

This extension integrates Ubuntu AppIndicators and KStatusNotifierItems (KDE’s blessed successor of the systray) into GNOME Shell.

Features:

  • show indicator icons in the panel
  • reveal indicator menus upon click
  • double clicking an icon will activate the application window (if implemented by the indicator)
  • middle mouse click an icon to send a ‘SecondaryActivate’ event to the application. Support needs to be implemented in the application

There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 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 gnome-shell-extension-appindicator Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

Install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

Install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 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 gnome-shell-extension-appindicator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-appindicator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

Remove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

Remove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

Dependencies

gnome-shell-extension-appindicator have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.