How To Install indicator-application on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-application on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is indicator-application
indicator-application is:
An indicator to take menus from applications and place them in the panel.
There are three methods to install indicator-application 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 indicator-application Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-application using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install indicator-application
Install indicator-application Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-application using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install indicator-application
Install indicator-application 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 indicator-application using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install indicator-application
How To Uninstall indicator-application on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the indicator-application package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove indicator-application
Uninstall indicator-application And Its Dependencies
To uninstall indicator-application and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove indicator-application
Remove indicator-application Configurations and Data
To remove indicator-application configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge indicator-application
Remove indicator-application configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove indicator-application configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indicator-application
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-application package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
