How To Install libappindicator on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator on CentOS 7.
What is libappindicator
A library to allow applications to export a menu into the Unity Menu bar. Based on KSNI it also works in KDE and will fallback to generic Systray support if none of those are available. A library to allow applications to export a menu into the Unity Menu bar. Based on KSNI it also works in KDE and will fallback to generic Systray support if none of those are available.
We can use yum or dnf to install libappindicator on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libappindicator.
Install libappindicator on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libappindicator using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libappindicator
Install libappindicator on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libappindicator using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libappindicator
How To Uninstall libappindicator on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libappindicator package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libappindicator
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
