How To Install Plank On PopOS
To Install Plank On PopOS
Plank is the default dock app on Elementary OS used for launching applications. It is easy to edit and rearrange the applications present on it without editing its configuration file. It can be easily installed on any Debian based systems. The method to install Plank on PopOS is covered in this article.
Installing Plank
Let' s start with adding the repository which is essential to install Plank. You can make use of the following command add the repository.
root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/docky
Docky/Plank testing packages
More info: https://launchpad.net/~ricotz/+archive/ubuntu/docky
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.
gpg: keybox ' /tmp/tmpvun0l5i0/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: /tmp/tmpvun0l5i0/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 75CFD31C9E5DB0C8: public key " Launchpad PPA for Rico" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1
OK
After adding the repository update the system repository by using the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports InRelease
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ricotz/docky/ubuntu artful InRelease [20.7 kB]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security InRelease [78.6 kB]
Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76/pop/ubuntu artful InRelease
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ricotz/docky/ubuntu artful/main i386 Packages [2,100 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ricotz/docky/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages [2,100 B]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ricotz/docky/ubuntu artful/main Translation-en [808 B]
Fetched 104 kB in 6s (16.2 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Now the repository is updated and you can install the plank by using the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install plank -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
bamfdaemon libbamf3-2 libgnome-menu-3-0 libplank-common libplank1
Suggested packages:
libplank-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
bamfdaemon libbamf3-2 libgnome-menu-3-0 libplank-common libplank1 plank
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 233 not upgraded.
Need to get 583 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,385 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 libbamf3-2 amd64 0.5.3+17.10.20170810-0ubuntu1 [52.0 kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ricotz/docky/ubuntu artful/main amd64 libplank-common all 0.11.4+git20180312.dfc90056-0ubuntu1~17.10~ricotz1 [54.7 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 bamfdaemon amd64 0.5.3+17.10.20170810-0ubuntu1 [86.4 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 libgnome-menu-3-0 amd64 3.13.3-6ubuntu5 [55.1 kB]
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Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Setting up libplank1:amd64 (0.11.4+git20180312.dfc90056-0ubuntu1~17.10~ricotz1) ...
Setting up plank (0.11.4+git20180312.dfc90056-0ubuntu1~17.10~ricotz1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.26-0ubuntu2) ...
Q
What is plank & its uses?
A
Plank is the default dock app on Elementary OS used for launching applications. It is easy to edit and rearrange the applications present on it without editing its configuration file.
Q
What are the alternative of plank?
A
The alternatives of Plank are
"Forearm Plank
Reverse Plank
TRX Plank".
"Forearm Plank
Reverse Plank
TRX Plank".
Q
How to install plank on ubuntu?
A
TO install plank on ubuntu use the following link
https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-plank-on-ubuntu-17-04/
https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-plank-on-ubuntu-17-04/
Q
How to remove plank application from popos?
A
To remove plank application from popos run the following command of
"# apt-get remove plank -y".
"# apt-get remove plank -y".
ppa:ricotz/docky