How To Install vala-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 vala-panel on Ubuntu.

What is `vala-panel`

vala-panel is:

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

Vala Panel can be extended with plugins that provide application menus, clock, tasklist, system tray, etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vala-panel

Install vala-panel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vala-panel

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

sudo aptitude -y install vala-panel

How To Uninstall vala-panel on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove vala-panel

Uninstall vala-panel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vala-panel

Remove vala-panel Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vala-panel

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

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

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

Dependencies

vala-panel have the following dependencies:

References

vala-panel website

Summary

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