How To Install lxqt-panel 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 lxqt-panel on Ubuntu.

What is `lxqt-panel`

lxqt-panel is:

The LXQt desktop panel

This package contains the LXQt panel.

There are three methods to install lxqt-panel 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 lxqt-panel Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lxqt-panel using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lxqt-panel

Install lxqt-panel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lxqt-panel using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lxqt-panel

Install lxqt-panel 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 lxqt-panel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lxqt-panel

How To Uninstall lxqt-panel on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the lxqt-panel package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lxqt-panel

Uninstall lxqt-panel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxqt-panel

Remove lxqt-panel Configurations and Data

To remove lxqt-panel configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lxqt-panel

Remove lxqt-panel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lxqt-panel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxqt-panel

Dependencies

lxqt-panel have the following dependencies:

References

lxqt-panel website

Summary

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