How To Install libappindicator-gtk3 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator-gtk3 on CentOS 7. libappindicator-gtk3 is Application indicators library - GTK 3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator-gtk3 on CentOS 7.

What is libappindicator-gtk3

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. This package contains the GTK 3 version of this library. 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. This package contains the GTK 3 version of this library.

We can use yum or dnf to install libappindicator-gtk3 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libappindicator-gtk3.

Install libappindicator-gtk3 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-gtk3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libappindicator-gtk3

Install libappindicator-gtk3 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-gtk3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libappindicator-gtk3

How To Uninstall libappindicator-gtk3 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libappindicator-gtk3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libappindicator-gtk3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator-gtk3 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.