How To Install xfce4-taskmanager on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

2 minutes • 370 words

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-taskmanager on Ubuntu.

What is `xfce4-taskmanager`

xfce4-taskmanager is:

A GUI application for monitoring and controlling running processes, written for Xfce. Its features include:

support for Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and OpenSolaris
monitors the CPU and memory usage
tree view columns can be reordered
display window icons/names.

There are three methods to install xfce4-taskmanager 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 xfce4-taskmanager Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-taskmanager using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xfce4-taskmanager

Install xfce4-taskmanager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xfce4-taskmanager using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xfce4-taskmanager

Install xfce4-taskmanager 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 xfce4-taskmanager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfce4-taskmanager

How To Uninstall xfce4-taskmanager on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the xfce4-taskmanager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfce4-taskmanager

Uninstall xfce4-taskmanager And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xfce4-taskmanager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfce4-taskmanager

Remove xfce4-taskmanager Configurations and Data

To remove xfce4-taskmanager configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xfce4-taskmanager

Remove xfce4-taskmanager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xfce4-taskmanager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfce4-taskmanager

Dependencies

xfce4-taskmanager have the following dependencies:

References

xfce4-taskmanager website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-taskmanager package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.