How To Install libayatana-appindicator1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libayatana-appindicator1 on Kali Linux. libayatana-appindicator1 is Ayatana Application Indicators (GTK-2+ version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libayatana-appindicator1 on Kali Linux.

What is libayatana-appindicator1

libayatana-appindicator1 is:

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

This package contains shared libraries to be used by applications compiled against GTK-2+.

There are three methods to install libayatana-appindicator1 on Kali Linux. 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-appindicator1 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-appindicator1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libayatana-appindicator1

Install libayatana-appindicator1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libayatana-appindicator1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libayatana-appindicator1

Install libayatana-appindicator1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libayatana-appindicator1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libayatana-appindicator1

How To Uninstall libayatana-appindicator1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libayatana-appindicator1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libayatana-appindicator1

Uninstall libayatana-appindicator1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libayatana-appindicator1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libayatana-appindicator1

Remove libayatana-appindicator1 Configurations and Data

To remove libayatana-appindicator1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libayatana-appindicator1

Remove libayatana-appindicator1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libayatana-appindicator1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libayatana-appindicator1

Dependencies

libayatana-appindicator1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libayatana-appindicator1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.