How To Install libindicator7 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libindicator7 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libindicator7
libindicator7 is:
This library contains information to build indicators to go into the indicator applet.
This package contains the library itself.
There are three methods to install libindicator7 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 libindicator7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libindicator7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libindicator7
Install libindicator7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libindicator7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libindicator7
Install libindicator7 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 libindicator7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libindicator7
How To Uninstall libindicator7 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libindicator7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libindicator7
Uninstall libindicator7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libindicator7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libindicator7
Remove libindicator7 Configurations and Data
To remove libindicator7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libindicator7
Remove libindicator7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libindicator7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libindicator7
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libindicator7 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
