How To Install ayatana-indicator-power on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-power on Ubuntu.

What is `ayatana-indicator-power`

ayatana-indicator-power is:

This Ayatana Indicator displays current power management information and gives the user a way to access power management preferences.

The Ayatana Indicator provides a generic, multi-desktop-env aware approach of accessing power information and management features.

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-power on Ubuntu. 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-power 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-power using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ayatana-indicator-power

Install ayatana-indicator-power Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-power using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ayatana-indicator-power

Install ayatana-indicator-power 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-power using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-indicator-power

How To Uninstall ayatana-indicator-power on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the ayatana-indicator-power package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ayatana-indicator-power

Uninstall ayatana-indicator-power And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ayatana-indicator-power and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ayatana-indicator-power

Remove ayatana-indicator-power Configurations and Data

To remove ayatana-indicator-power configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ayatana-indicator-power

Remove ayatana-indicator-power configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ayatana-indicator-power configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ayatana-indicator-power

Dependencies

ayatana-indicator-power have the following dependencies:

References

ayatana-indicator-power website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-power package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.