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