How To Install vala-panel-plugins-base 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 vala-panel-plugins-base on Ubuntu.

What is `vala-panel-plugins-base`

vala-panel-plugins-base is:

Vala Panel is a rewrite of SimplePanel. It is a GTK+ 3 desktop panel written in Vala and based on ideas from LXPanel.

This package contains main plugins for vala-panel: clock, launchbar, applications menu and so on.

There are three methods to install vala-panel-plugins-base 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 vala-panel-plugins-base Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vala-panel-plugins-base

Install vala-panel-plugins-base Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vala-panel-plugins-base

Install vala-panel-plugins-base 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 vala-panel-plugins-base using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vala-panel-plugins-base

How To Uninstall vala-panel-plugins-base on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the vala-panel-plugins-base package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vala-panel-plugins-base

Uninstall vala-panel-plugins-base And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vala-panel-plugins-base

Remove vala-panel-plugins-base Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vala-panel-plugins-base

Remove vala-panel-plugins-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vala-panel-plugins-base

Dependencies

vala-panel-plugins-base have the following dependencies:

References

vala-panel-plugins-base website

Summary

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