How To Install appmenu-gtk3-module 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 appmenu-gtk3-module on Ubuntu.
What is appmenu-gtk3-module
appmenu-gtk3-module is:
GTK+ module for exporting old-style menus as GMenuModels.
Many applications implement menus as GtkMenuShells and GtkMenuItems and aren’t looking to migrate to the newer GMenuModel API.
The AppMenu GTK+ module watches for these types of menus and exports the appropriate GMenuModel implementation.
This package contains the GTK+3.0 AppMenu module.
There are three methods to install appmenu-gtk3-module 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 appmenu-gtk3-module Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install appmenu-gtk3-module using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install appmenu-gtk3-module
Install appmenu-gtk3-module Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install appmenu-gtk3-module using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install appmenu-gtk3-module
Install appmenu-gtk3-module 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 appmenu-gtk3-module using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install appmenu-gtk3-module
How To Uninstall appmenu-gtk3-module on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the appmenu-gtk3-module package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk3-module
Uninstall appmenu-gtk3-module And Its Dependencies
To uninstall appmenu-gtk3-module and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove appmenu-gtk3-module
Remove appmenu-gtk3-module Configurations and Data
To remove appmenu-gtk3-module configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge appmenu-gtk3-module
Remove appmenu-gtk3-module configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove appmenu-gtk3-module configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge appmenu-gtk3-module
Dependencies
appmenu-gtk3-module have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install appmenu-gtk3-module package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.