How To Install vala-panel-plugins-wnck on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vala-panel-plugins-wnck on Debian 12.
What is vala-panel-plugins-wnck
vala-panel-plugins-wnck 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 X11 plugins for vala-panel: tasklist, system tray, and others.
There are three methods to install vala-panel-plugins-wnck 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-wnck 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-wnck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vala-panel-plugins-wnck
Install vala-panel-plugins-wnck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vala-panel-plugins-wnck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vala-panel-plugins-wnck
Install vala-panel-plugins-wnck 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-wnck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vala-panel-plugins-wnck
How To Uninstall vala-panel-plugins-wnck on Debian 12
To uninstall only the vala-panel-plugins-wnck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vala-panel-plugins-wnck
Uninstall vala-panel-plugins-wnck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vala-panel-plugins-wnck 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-wnck
Remove vala-panel-plugins-wnck Configurations and Data
To remove vala-panel-plugins-wnck configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vala-panel-plugins-wnck
Remove vala-panel-plugins-wnck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vala-panel-plugins-wnck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vala-panel-plugins-wnck
Dependencies
vala-panel-plugins-wnck have the following dependencies:
- vala-panel
- libx11-6
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libvalapanel0
- libwnck-3-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vala-panel-plugins-wnck package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
