How To Install taffybar on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install taffybar
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install taffybar
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.