How To Install vala-panel-plugins-base on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vala-panel-plugins-base on Debian 12.
What is vala-panel-plugins-base
vala-panel-plugins-base is:
Vala Panel is a rewrite of SimplePanel. It is a GTK+ 3 desktop panel written in Vala and based on ideas from LXPanel.
This package contains main plugins for vala-panel: clock, launchbar, applications menu and so on.
There are three methods to install vala-panel-plugins-base on Debian 12. 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-plugins-base 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-plugins-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vala-panel-plugins-base
Install vala-panel-plugins-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vala-panel-plugins-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vala-panel-plugins-base
Install vala-panel-plugins-base 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 vala-panel-plugins-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vala-panel-plugins-base
How To Uninstall vala-panel-plugins-base on Debian 12
To uninstall only the vala-panel-plugins-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vala-panel-plugins-base
Uninstall vala-panel-plugins-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vala-panel-plugins-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vala-panel-plugins-base
Remove vala-panel-plugins-base Configurations and Data
To remove vala-panel-plugins-base configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vala-panel-plugins-base
Remove vala-panel-plugins-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vala-panel-plugins-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vala-panel-plugins-base
Dependencies
vala-panel-plugins-base have the following dependencies:
- vala-panel
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libvalapanel0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vala-panel-plugins-base package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
