How To Install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ayatana-indicator-bluetooth
ayatana-indicator-bluetooth is:
This Ayatana Indicator exposes bluetooth functionality via the system indicator API and provides fast user controls for Bluetooth devices.
Ayatana Indicators are only available on desktop environments that provide a renderer for system indicators (such as MATE, Xfce, Lomiri, etc.).
There are three methods to install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-bluetooth 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-bluetooth using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth
Install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth
Install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth 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-bluetooth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth
How To Uninstall ayatana-indicator-bluetooth on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ayatana-indicator-bluetooth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ayatana-indicator-bluetooth
Uninstall ayatana-indicator-bluetooth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ayatana-indicator-bluetooth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ayatana-indicator-bluetooth
Remove ayatana-indicator-bluetooth Configurations and Data
To remove ayatana-indicator-bluetooth configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ayatana-indicator-bluetooth
Remove ayatana-indicator-bluetooth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ayatana-indicator-bluetooth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ayatana-indicator-bluetooth
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
