How To Install indicator-messages on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-messages on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is indicator-messages
indicator-messages is:
A place on the user’s desktop that collects messages that need a response. This menu provides a condensed and collected view of all of those messages for quick access, but without making them annoying in times that you want to ignore them.
There are three methods to install indicator-messages 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-messages 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-messages using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install indicator-messages
Install indicator-messages Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-messages using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install indicator-messages
Install indicator-messages 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-messages using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install indicator-messages
How To Uninstall indicator-messages on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the indicator-messages package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove indicator-messages
Uninstall indicator-messages And Its Dependencies
To uninstall indicator-messages and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove indicator-messages
Remove indicator-messages Configurations and Data
To remove indicator-messages configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge indicator-messages
Remove indicator-messages configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove indicator-messages configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indicator-messages
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-messages package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
