How To Install gnome-panel on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-panel on Ubuntu 20.04. gnome-panel is traditional panel, used in GNOME Flashback traditional panel, used in GNOME Flashback

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-panel on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gnome-panel

gnome-panel is:

GNOME Flashback continues the traditional desktop interface which was used in GNOME 2.x, but using modern GNOME technologies.

GNOME Panel is a part of the GNOME Flashback desktop, and provides panels and default applets for the desktop. A panel is a horizontal or vertical bar that can be added to a screen margin. It can contain various applets, such as the menu bar, application launch icons, the clock, volume controls, and displays for network connectivity, battery level, and other system monitors.

Package: gnome-panel Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:3.36.1-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1450 Depends: gnome-menus (>= 3.1.4), gnome-panel-data (= 1:3.36.1-1ubuntu1), nautilus-data, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libdconf1 (>= 0.14.0), libecal-2.0-1 (>= 3.33.4), libedataserver-1.2-24 (>= 3.17), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0), libgdm1 (>= 3.8.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.57.2), libgnome-desktop-3-19 (>= 3.17.92), libgnome-menu-3-0 (>= 3.7.90), libgnome-panel0 (>= 3.35.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.0), libgweather-3-16 (>= 3.28.0), libical3 (>= 3.0.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsystemd0 (>= 230), libwnck-3-0 (>= 3.4.6), libx11-6, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.99.3) Recommends: alacarte, evolution-data-server, gnome-applets, gnome-control-center, gnome-session-flashback (>= 3.14.0), gvfs, indicator-applet Suggests: evolution-common (>= 3.4.3), gnome-terminal | x-terminal-emulator, gnome-user-docs, nautilus, yelp Filename: pool/universe/g/gnome-panel/gnome-panel_3.36.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 422704 MD5sum: 2ada6c333d8439fa5565bd7996d1a688 SHA1: 6c74a1e978cf4f3808258a9893265827b72b9489 SHA256: 2a3e7c80dbc441160092b7c171d713c4f0b93c233c3e74218ee969663382ff1e Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomePanel Description-en: traditional panel, used in GNOME Flashback GNOME Flashback continues the traditional desktop interface which was used in GNOME 2.x, but using modern GNOME technologies.

GNOME Panel is a part of the GNOME Flashback desktop, and provides panels and default applets for the desktop. A panel is a horizontal or vertical bar that can be added to a screen margin. It can contain various applets, such as the menu bar, application launch icons, the clock, volume controls, and displays for network connectivity, battery level, and other system monitors.

There are three methods to install gnome-panel 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 gnome-panel Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-panel using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-panel

Install gnome-panel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-panel using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-panel

Install gnome-panel 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 gnome-panel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-panel

How To Uninstall gnome-panel on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gnome-panel package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-panel

Uninstall gnome-panel And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-panel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-panel

Remove gnome-panel Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-panel configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-panel

Remove gnome-panel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-panel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-panel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-panel package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.