How To Install libappindicator3-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator3-dev on Debian 9.
What is libappindicator3-dev
libappindicator3-dev is:
A library to allow applications to export a menu into the panel. Based on KSNI it also works in KDE and will fallback to generic Systray support if none of those are available.
This package contains files that are needed to build GTK3 applications.
There are three methods to install libappindicator3-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libappindicator3-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libappindicator3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libappindicator3-dev
Install libappindicator3-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libappindicator3-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libappindicator3-dev
Install libappindicator3-dev 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libappindicator3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libappindicator3-dev
How To Uninstall libappindicator3-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libappindicator3-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libappindicator3-dev
Uninstall libappindicator3-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libappindicator3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libappindicator3-dev
Remove libappindicator3-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libappindicator3-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libappindicator3-dev
Remove libappindicator3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libappindicator3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libappindicator3-dev
Dependencies
libappindicator3-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libappindicator3-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.