How To Install polybar 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 polybar on Ubuntu.

What is `polybar`

polybar is:

Polybar aims to help users build beautiful and highly customizable status bars for their desktop environment, without the need of having a black belt in shell scripting.

There are three methods to install polybar 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 polybar Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install polybar

Install polybar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install polybar using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install polybar

Install polybar 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 polybar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install polybar

How To Uninstall polybar on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the polybar package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove polybar

Uninstall polybar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove polybar

Remove polybar Configurations and Data

To remove polybar configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge polybar

Remove polybar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge polybar

Dependencies

polybar have the following dependencies:

References

polybar website

Summary

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