How To Install taffybar on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install taffybar on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is taffybar
taffybar is:
This bar is based on gtk2hs and provides several widgets (including a few graphical ones). It also sports an optional snazzy system tray.
This package comes pre-configured with the default configuration. If you want to build your custom-configured version, make sure that libghc-taffybar-dev is installed and put your configuration in ~/.config/taffybar/taffybar.hs
There are three methods to install taffybar 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 taffybar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install taffybar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install taffybar
Install taffybar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install taffybar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install taffybar
Install taffybar 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 taffybar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install taffybar
How To Uninstall taffybar on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the taffybar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove taffybar
Uninstall taffybar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall taffybar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove taffybar
Remove taffybar Configurations and Data
To remove taffybar configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge taffybar
Remove taffybar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove taffybar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge taffybar
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install taffybar package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
