How To Install gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities is:
This extension hides the Acitivies text and button on the top left corner of GNOME shell, making the appearance simpler and the panel less cluttered.
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities 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-hide-activities
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
Install gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
Install gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities 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 gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
Remove gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
Remove gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
References
- gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities website
- gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities on packages.ubuntu.com
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-hide-activities
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.