How To Install ayatana-indicator-session on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-session on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ayatana-indicator-session
ayatana-indicator-session is:
This Ayatana Indicator is designed to be placed on the right side of a panel and give the user easy control for changing their instant message status. Switching to another user. Starting a guest session. Or controlling the status of their own session.
It requires some way to be hosted into a panel. For the MATE Panel the appropriate package is mate-indicator-applet. For the Xfce Panel the appropriate package is xfce4-indicator-plugin.
There are three methods to install ayatana-indicator-session 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 ayatana-indicator-session Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-session using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ayatana-indicator-session
Install ayatana-indicator-session Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-session using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ayatana-indicator-session
Install ayatana-indicator-session 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 ayatana-indicator-session using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-indicator-session
How To Uninstall ayatana-indicator-session on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ayatana-indicator-session package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ayatana-indicator-session
Uninstall ayatana-indicator-session And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ayatana-indicator-session and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ayatana-indicator-session
Remove ayatana-indicator-session Configurations and Data
To remove ayatana-indicator-session configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ayatana-indicator-session
Remove ayatana-indicator-session configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ayatana-indicator-session configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ayatana-indicator-session
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-session package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
