How To Install xfdashboard-plugins 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 xfdashboard-plugins on Ubuntu.

What is `xfdashboard-plugins`

xfdashboard-plugins is:

xfdashboard provides an overview of applications currently open enabling the user to switch between different applications. The search feature works like Xfce’s appfinder which makes it convenient to search for and start applications.

This package contains the xfdashboard plugins.

There are three methods to install xfdashboard-plugins 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 xfdashboard-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfdashboard-plugins

Install xfdashboard-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xfdashboard-plugins

Install xfdashboard-plugins 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 xfdashboard-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfdashboard-plugins

How To Uninstall xfdashboard-plugins on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the xfdashboard-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfdashboard-plugins

Uninstall xfdashboard-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfdashboard-plugins

Remove xfdashboard-plugins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xfdashboard-plugins

Remove xfdashboard-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfdashboard-plugins

Dependencies

xfdashboard-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

xfdashboard-plugins website

Summary

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