How To Install indicator-common 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 indicator-common on Ubuntu.
What is indicator-common
indicator-common is:
A package that has files needed to work with the indicators. This includes the systemd indicators-pre.target.
There are three methods to install indicator-common 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 indicator-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install indicator-common
Install indicator-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install indicator-common
Install indicator-common 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 indicator-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install indicator-common
How To Uninstall indicator-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the indicator-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove indicator-common
Uninstall indicator-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall indicator-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove indicator-common
Remove indicator-common Configurations and Data
To remove indicator-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge indicator-common
Remove indicator-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove indicator-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indicator-common
Dependencies
indicator-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.