How To Install wmsystemtray 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 wmsystemtray on Ubuntu.
What is wmsystemtray
wmsystemtray is:
wmsystemtray is a system tray using the freedesktop.org system tray protocol designed as a Window Maker dock app. It has the ability to display more than one dock window to make room for more tray icons, and the ability to scroll through the icons if more are present than will fit.
There are three methods to install wmsystemtray 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 wmsystemtray Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wmsystemtray using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmsystemtray
Install wmsystemtray Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wmsystemtray using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmsystemtray
Install wmsystemtray 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 wmsystemtray using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmsystemtray
How To Uninstall wmsystemtray on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wmsystemtray package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmsystemtray
Uninstall wmsystemtray And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmsystemtray and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmsystemtray
Remove wmsystemtray Configurations and Data
To remove wmsystemtray configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmsystemtray
Remove wmsystemtray configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmsystemtray configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmsystemtray
Dependencies
wmsystemtray have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmsystemtray package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.