How To Install vala-sntray-plugin 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-sntray-plugin on Ubuntu.

What is `vala-sntray-plugin`

vala-sntray-plugin is:

Plugin for xfce4-panel to show StatusNotifierItems (also known as AppIndicators). Based on ValaPanel`s StatusNotifier and xfce4-snw-plugin by equiem.

Vala Panel Applet version of the plugin.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vala-sntray-plugin

Install vala-sntray-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vala-sntray-plugin

Install vala-sntray-plugin 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-sntray-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vala-sntray-plugin

How To Uninstall vala-sntray-plugin on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove vala-sntray-plugin

Uninstall vala-sntray-plugin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vala-sntray-plugin

Remove vala-sntray-plugin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vala-sntray-plugin

Remove vala-sntray-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vala-sntray-plugin

Dependencies

vala-sntray-plugin have the following dependencies:

References

vala-sntray-plugin website

Summary

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