How To Install ayatana-settings 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-settings on Ubuntu.
What is ayatana-settings
ayatana-settings is:
Ayatana Indicators are available on desktop environments that provide a renderer for system indicators (such as MATE, Xfce, Lomiri, etc.).
Ayatana Settings allows you to configure all your Ayatana Syystem Indicators.
There are three methods to install ayatana-settings 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-settings 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-settings using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ayatana-settings
Install ayatana-settings Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ayatana-settings using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ayatana-settings
Install ayatana-settings 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-settings using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-settings
How To Uninstall ayatana-settings on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ayatana-settings package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ayatana-settings
Uninstall ayatana-settings And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ayatana-settings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ayatana-settings
Remove ayatana-settings Configurations and Data
To remove ayatana-settings configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ayatana-settings
Remove ayatana-settings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ayatana-settings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ayatana-settings
Dependencies
ayatana-settings have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-settings package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.