How to Install Xfdashboard in Ubuntu
To Install Xfdashboard in Ubuntu
Xfdashboard is a GNOME Shell based dashboard used for Xfce. It displays an overview of open applications and enables the users to switch between applications, work-space selector, application launcher and a search tool. It allows the users to create shortcuts easily. This article shows the installation process of Xfdashboard in Ubuntu.
Installation of Xfdashboard
First you need to add the repository for installing the Xfdashboard.
root@linuxhelp2:~# add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/extras As always, install packages from PPA' s at your own risk. This is a preview PPA for Xubuntu. The packages in this PPA are considered for inclusion in the Ubuntu repositories and/or Xubuntu at a later time. The packages are uploaded for the convenience of people willing to preview the new features. NOTE: The packages haven' t undergone major testing and are not suitable for most installations! There is no guarantee that these packages will make it into the Ubuntu repositories (or the Xubuntu seed) and they can be removed from the PPA at any time by the Xubuntu developers. Please DO NOT rely on this PPA for features you need in any installation. File bugs! Xfdashboard: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/buglist.cgi?component=General& product=Xfdashboard Xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/buglist.cgi?component=General& product=Xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin Xfce4-hotcorner-plugin: https://github.com/brianhsu/xfce4-hotcorner-plugin/issues More info: https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/ubuntu/extras Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp7pxutw09/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp7pxutw09/pubring.gpg' created gpg: requesting key 142986CE from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: /tmp/tmp7pxutw09/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key 142986CE: public key " Launchpad PPA for Xubuntu Developers" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) OK
Update the newly added repository with the following command.
root@linuxhelp2:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xubuntu-dev/extras/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xubuntu-dev/extras/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [2,316 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xubuntu-dev/extras/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [2,316 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xubuntu-dev/extras/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [1,012 B]
Fetched 23.2 kB in 2s (8,072 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Now its time to install the Xfdashboard.
root@linuxhelp2:~# apt-get install xfdashboard -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libgarcon-1-0 libgarcon-common libxfce4ui-1-0 libxfce4ui-2-0 libxfce4ui-common libxfce4util-bin libxfce4util-common libxfce4util7
libxfconf-0-2 libxfdashboard0 xfconf xfdashboard-plugins
Suggested packages:
devhelp
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libgarcon-1-0 libgarcon-common libxfce4ui-1-0 libxfce4ui-2-0 libxfce4ui-common libxfce4util-bin libxfce4util-common libxfce4util7
libxfconf-0-2 libxfdashboard0 xfconf xfdashboard xfdashboard-plugins
0 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 304 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,592 kB of archives.
After this operation, 8,532 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libxfce4util-common all 4.12.1-2 [50.1 kB]
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Setting up libxfce4util-common (4.12.1-2) ...
Setting up libxfce4util7 (4.12.1-2) ...
Setting up xfconf (4.12.0-2) ...
Setting up libxfconf-0-2 (4.12.0-2) ...
Setting up libxfce4ui-common (4.12.1-2) ...
Setting up libxfce4ui-1-0 (4.12.1-2) ...
Setting up libgarcon-common (0.4.0-2) ...
Setting up libgarcon-1-0 (0.4.0-2) ...
Setting up libxfce4ui-2-0 (4.12.1-2) ...
Setting up libxfce4util-bin (4.12.1-2) ...
Setting up libxfdashboard0:amd64 (0.6.0-0ubuntu1~16.04) ...
Setting up xfdashboard (0.6.0-0ubuntu1~16.04) ...
Setting up xfdashboard-plugins:amd64 (0.6.0-0ubuntu1~16.04) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Once the above process is completed, open the Xfdashboard through the terminal.
root@linuxhelp2:~# xfdashboard
Start enjoying your favorite application through Xfdahsboard.
To Uninstall Xfdashboard
Utilize the following command to remove the Xfdashboard.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get remove xfdashboard -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libgarcon-1-0 libgarcon-common libxfce4ui-1-0 libxfce4ui-2-0 libxfce4ui-common libxfce4util-bin libxfce4util-common libxfce4util7
libxfconf-0-2 libxfdashboard0 xfconf xfdashboard-plugins
Use ' sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
xfdashboard
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 304 not upgraded.
After this operation, 2,268 kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 209264 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing xfdashboard (0.6.0-0ubuntu1~16.04) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
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