How To Install libayatana-indicator7 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libayatana-indicator7 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libayatana-indicator7
libayatana-indicator7 is:
The Ayatana Indicators library contains information to build indicators to go into modern desktops’ indicator applets.
This package contains the library itself (GTK-2+ variant).
There are three methods to install libayatana-indicator7 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-indicator7 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-indicator7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libayatana-indicator7
Install libayatana-indicator7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libayatana-indicator7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libayatana-indicator7
Install libayatana-indicator7 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-indicator7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libayatana-indicator7
How To Uninstall libayatana-indicator7 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libayatana-indicator7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libayatana-indicator7
Uninstall libayatana-indicator7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libayatana-indicator7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libayatana-indicator7
Remove libayatana-indicator7 Configurations and Data
To remove libayatana-indicator7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libayatana-indicator7
Remove libayatana-indicator7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libayatana-indicator7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libayatana-indicator7
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libayatana-indicator7 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.