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

What is `vala-panel-plugins-wnck`

vala-panel-plugins-wnck 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 X11 plugins for vala-panel: tasklist, system tray, and others.

There are three methods to install vala-panel-plugins-wnck 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-wnck 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-wnck using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install vala-panel-plugins-wnck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninstall vala-panel-plugins-wnck And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove vala-panel-plugins-wnck Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

vala-panel-plugins-wnck website

Summary

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