How To Install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus is:
This GNOME Shell extension alters how the Shell displays freedesktop.org system tray icons (status icons, notification-area icons). In the upstream GNOME Shell code, these icons appear in a small pop-out panel in the bottom left corner of the screen; this extension moves them to the top bar, between the clock and system menu.
Please note that each user will need to enable the extension manually, for example using the gnome-tweaks application.
There are three methods to install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
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-shell-extension-top-icons-plus 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-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
Install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
Install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus 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-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
Remove gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
Remove gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
References
- gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus website
- gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus on packages.ubuntu.com
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.