How To Install libayatana-appindicator-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libayatana-appindicator-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libayatana-appindicator-doc is Ayatana Application Indicators (documentation files, GTK-2+ version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libayatana-appindicator-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libayatana-appindicator-doc

libayatana-appindicator-doc is:

A library and indicator to take menus from applications and place them in the panel.

This package contains developer documentation (GTK-2+ version).

There are three methods to install libayatana-appindicator-doc 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 libayatana-appindicator-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libayatana-appindicator-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libayatana-appindicator-doc

Install libayatana-appindicator-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libayatana-appindicator-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libayatana-appindicator-doc

Install libayatana-appindicator-doc 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 libayatana-appindicator-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libayatana-appindicator-doc

How To Uninstall libayatana-appindicator-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libayatana-appindicator-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libayatana-appindicator-doc

Uninstall libayatana-appindicator-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libayatana-appindicator-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libayatana-appindicator-doc

Remove libayatana-appindicator-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libayatana-appindicator-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libayatana-appindicator-doc

Remove libayatana-appindicator-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libayatana-appindicator-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libayatana-appindicator-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libayatana-appindicator-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.