How To Install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus on Debian 12.
What is gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus is:
This GNOME Shell extension alters how the Shell displays freedesktop.org system tray icons (status icons, notification-area icons). In the upstream GNOME Shell code, these icons appear in a small pop-out panel in the bottom left corner of the screen; this extension moves them to the top bar, between the clock and system menu.
Please note that each user will need to enable the extension manually, for example using gnome-extensions-app, which is part of the gnome-shell-extension-prefs package.
This extension is unmaintained and will not necessarily work correctly. Similar functionality is available in the “Ubuntu AppIndicators” extension, available in the gnome-shell-extension-appindicator package.
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus on Debian 12. 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-top-icons-plus 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-top-icons-plus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
Install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
Install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
Remove gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
Remove gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
Dependencies
gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus have the following dependencies:
References
- gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus website
- gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus on packages.debian.org
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
