How To Install mate-panel-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-panel-common
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mate-panel-common
mate-panel-common is:
The MATE Panel is an essential part of the MATE Desktop, providing toolbar-like “panels” which can be attached to the sides of your desktop. They are used to launch applications and embed a number of other functions, such as quick launch icons, the clock, the notification area, volume controls and the battery charge indicator, and utilities ranging from weather forecast to system monitoring.
This package contains the architecture independent files. Task: ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
There are three methods to install mate-panel-common
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mate-panel-common 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-panel-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-panel-common
Install mate-panel-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-panel-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-panel-common
Install mate-panel-common 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 mate-panel-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-panel-common
How To Uninstall mate-panel-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mate-panel-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-panel-common
Uninstall mate-panel-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-panel-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-panel-common
Remove mate-panel-common Configurations and Data
To remove mate-panel-common
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-panel-common
Remove mate-panel-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-panel-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-panel-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-panel-common
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.