How To Install indicator-keyboard on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-keyboard on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is indicator-keyboard
indicator-keyboard is:
This package contains the keyboard indicator, which should show as an icon in the top panel when using the Unity environment. It can be used to switch key layouts or languages, and helps the user identifying which layouts are currently in use.
There are three methods to install indicator-keyboard 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-keyboard 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-keyboard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install indicator-keyboard
Install indicator-keyboard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-keyboard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install indicator-keyboard
Install indicator-keyboard 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-keyboard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install indicator-keyboard
How To Uninstall indicator-keyboard on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the indicator-keyboard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove indicator-keyboard
Uninstall indicator-keyboard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall indicator-keyboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove indicator-keyboard
Remove indicator-keyboard Configurations and Data
To remove indicator-keyboard configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge indicator-keyboard
Remove indicator-keyboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove indicator-keyboard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indicator-keyboard
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-keyboard package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
