How To Install xfdashboard on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdashboard
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xfdashboard
xfdashboard 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.
There are three methods to install xfdashboard
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 xfdashboard 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfdashboard
Install xfdashboard Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfdashboard
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfdashboard
Install xfdashboard 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfdashboard
How To Uninstall xfdashboard on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xfdashboard
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfdashboard
Uninstall xfdashboard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfdashboard
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfdashboard
Remove xfdashboard Configurations and Data
To remove xfdashboard
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfdashboard
Remove xfdashboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfdashboard
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfdashboard
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdashboard
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.