How To Install vala-panel-appmenu-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vala-panel-appmenu-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vala-panel-appmenu-common
vala-panel-appmenu-common is:
This is an Application Menu (Global Menu) plugin. It is built using the Unity protocol and libraries and provides all features found in the Unity implementation.
This package provides common files.
There are three methods to install vala-panel-appmenu-common 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 vala-panel-appmenu-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 vala-panel-appmenu-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vala-panel-appmenu-common
Install vala-panel-appmenu-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vala-panel-appmenu-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vala-panel-appmenu-common
Install vala-panel-appmenu-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 vala-panel-appmenu-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vala-panel-appmenu-common
How To Uninstall vala-panel-appmenu-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vala-panel-appmenu-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vala-panel-appmenu-common
Uninstall vala-panel-appmenu-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vala-panel-appmenu-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vala-panel-appmenu-common
Remove vala-panel-appmenu-common Configurations and Data
To remove vala-panel-appmenu-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vala-panel-appmenu-common
Remove vala-panel-appmenu-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vala-panel-appmenu-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vala-panel-appmenu-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vala-panel-appmenu-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
