Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-messages on Kali Linux.
What is ayatana-indicator-messages
ayatana-indicator-messages is:
A place on the user’s desktop that collects messages that need a response.
This menu provides a condensed and collected view of all of those messages
for quick access, but without making them annoying in times that you want
to ignore them.
Ayatana Indicators are only available on desktop environments that
provide a renderer for system indicators (such as MATE, Xfce, Lomiri,
etc.).
There are three methods to install ayatana-indicator-messages on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ayatana-indicator-messages Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-messages using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ayatana-indicator-messages
Install ayatana-indicator-messages Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-messages using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ayatana-indicator-messagesInstall ayatana-indicator-messages Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-messages using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-indicator-messagesHow To Uninstall ayatana-indicator-messages on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ayatana-indicator-messages package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ayatana-indicator-messagesUninstall ayatana-indicator-messages And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ayatana-indicator-messages and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ayatana-indicator-messagesRemove ayatana-indicator-messages Configurations and Data
To remove ayatana-indicator-messages configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ayatana-indicator-messagesRemove ayatana-indicator-messages configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ayatana-indicator-messages configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ayatana-indicator-messagesDependencies
ayatana-indicator-messages have the following dependencies:
- ayatana-indicator-common
- libaccountsservice0
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- init-system-helpers
- libglib2.0-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-messages package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
