How To Install libayatana-appindicator3-1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libayatana-appindicator3-1 on Kali Linux.

What is libayatana-appindicator3-1

libayatana-appindicator3-1 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-3+.

There are three methods to install libayatana-appindicator3-1 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-appindicator3-1 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-appindicator3-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libayatana-appindicator3-1

Install libayatana-appindicator3-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libayatana-appindicator3-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libayatana-appindicator3-1

Install libayatana-appindicator3-1 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-appindicator3-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libayatana-appindicator3-1

How To Uninstall libayatana-appindicator3-1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libayatana-appindicator3-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libayatana-appindicator3-1

Uninstall libayatana-appindicator3-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libayatana-appindicator3-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libayatana-appindicator3-1

Remove libayatana-appindicator3-1 Configurations and Data

To remove libayatana-appindicator3-1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libayatana-appindicator3-1

Remove libayatana-appindicator3-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libayatana-appindicator3-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libayatana-appindicator3-1

Dependencies

libayatana-appindicator3-1 have the following dependencies:

• libayatana-indicator3-7
• libc6
• libdbusmenu-glib4
• libdbusmenu-gtk3-4
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0

References

• libayatana-appindicator3-1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libayatana-appindicator3-1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.