How To Install lxpanel-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxpanel-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lxpanel-data
lxpanel-data is:
LXPanel is a GUI application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).
This package contains the data required for panel.
There are three methods to install lxpanel-data 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 lxpanel-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxpanel-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxpanel-data
Install lxpanel-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxpanel-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxpanel-data
Install lxpanel-data 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 lxpanel-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxpanel-data
How To Uninstall lxpanel-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lxpanel-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxpanel-data
Uninstall lxpanel-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxpanel-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxpanel-data
Remove lxpanel-data Configurations and Data
To remove lxpanel-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxpanel-data
Remove lxpanel-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxpanel-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxpanel-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxpanel-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
