How To Install mate-indicator-applet on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-indicator-applet on Debian 11. mate-indicator-applet is MATE panel indicator applet

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-indicator-applet on Debian 11.

What is mate-indicator-applet

mate-indicator-applet is:

A small applet to display information from various applications consistently in the panel.

The indicator applet exposes Ayatana Indicators in the MATE Panel. Ayatana Indicators are an initiative by Canonical to provide crisp and clean system and application status indication. They take the form of an icon and associated menu, displayed (usually) in the desktop panel. Existing indicators include the Message Menu, Battery Menu and Sound menu.

There are three methods to install mate-indicator-applet on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mate-indicator-applet Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-indicator-applet using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mate-indicator-applet

Install mate-indicator-applet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-indicator-applet using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mate-indicator-applet

Install mate-indicator-applet 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-indicator-applet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mate-indicator-applet

How To Uninstall mate-indicator-applet on Debian 11

To uninstall only the mate-indicator-applet package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mate-indicator-applet

Uninstall mate-indicator-applet And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mate-indicator-applet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-indicator-applet

Remove mate-indicator-applet Configurations and Data

To remove mate-indicator-applet configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mate-indicator-applet

Remove mate-indicator-applet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mate-indicator-applet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-indicator-applet

Dependencies

mate-indicator-applet have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-indicator-applet package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.