How To Install yabar 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 yabar on Ubuntu.

What is `yabar`

yabar is:

Yabar is a modern and lightweight status bar that is intended to be used along with minimal X window managers like bspwm and i3.

Yabar has the following features:

Extremely configurable with easy configuration system using a single config file.
A growing set of ready-to-use internal blocks developed in plain C.
Pango font rendering with support of pango markup language.
Support for icons and images.
Support for transparency.
Multi-monitor support using RandR.
Entirely clickable.
Support for several environment variables to help button commands.
Multiple bars within the same session.

There are three methods to install yabar 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 yabar Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yabar

Install yabar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install yabar using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yabar

Install yabar 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 yabar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yabar

How To Uninstall yabar on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the yabar package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yabar

Uninstall yabar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yabar

Remove yabar Configurations and Data

To remove yabar configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yabar

Remove yabar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yabar

Dependencies

yabar have the following dependencies:

References

yabar website

Summary

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