How to Install and Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "gnome-shell-extension-appindicator" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gnome-shell-extension-appindicator" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnome-shell-extension-appindicator package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
Architecture: all
Version: 34-1
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 123
Depends: gnome-shell (>= 3.33), gnome-shell (<< 40~)
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator_34-1_all.deb
Size: 27604
MD5sum: b965926c9be94ccdfe36100874c0caa8
SHA1: 0289733cabf60840979c729e5ad08cb75089ca0c
SHA256: cdb2be16942829d560c77fa208ba610e5553ce974600e853864a390ddf503341
SHA512: 58d04aa32c72d892619a0500cb7df53b8e991cd3d6c74fa9aead73527fa740cfee1cd8c9770f7ffa6f9e9cdc2984cb36ba602b37c784d2c0c5f047e4689f6ab4
Homepage: https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
Description-en: AppIndicator/KStatusNotifierItem support for GNOME Shell
This extension integrates Ubuntu AppIndicators and KStatusNotifierItems
(KDE's blessed successor of the systray) into GNOME Shell.
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Features:
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- show indicator icons in the panel
- reveal indicator menus upon click
- double clicking an icon will activate the application window
(if implemented by the indicator)
- middle mouse click an icon to send a 'SecondaryActivate' event
to the application. Support needs to be implemented in the application
Description-md5: 2cc27ce6e5761494e8393f76e902379f
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop