How To Install xfdashboard-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdashboard-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xfdashboard-plugins
xfdashboard-plugins is:
xfdashboard provides an overview of applications currently open enabling the user to switch between different applications. The search feature works like Xfce’s appfinder which makes it convenient to search for and start applications.
This package contains the xfdashboard plugins.
There are three methods to install xfdashboard-plugins 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 xfdashboard-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xfdashboard-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfdashboard-plugins
Install xfdashboard-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfdashboard-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfdashboard-plugins
Install xfdashboard-plugins 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 xfdashboard-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfdashboard-plugins
How To Uninstall xfdashboard-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xfdashboard-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfdashboard-plugins
Uninstall xfdashboard-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfdashboard-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfdashboard-plugins
Remove xfdashboard-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove xfdashboard-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfdashboard-plugins
Remove xfdashboard-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfdashboard-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfdashboard-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdashboard-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
