How To Install mate-hud 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 mate-hud on Ubuntu.

What is `mate-hud`

mate-hud is:

A Heads-Up Display (HUD) allows you to search through an application’s appmenu. So if you’re trying to find that single filter in Gimp but can’t remember which filter category it fits into or if you can’t recall if preferences sits under File, Edit or Tools on your favourite browser, you can just search for it rather than hunting through the menus.

There are three methods to install mate-hud 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 mate-hud Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-hud using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mate-hud

Install mate-hud Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-hud using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mate-hud

Install mate-hud 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 mate-hud using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mate-hud

How To Uninstall mate-hud on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the mate-hud package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mate-hud

Uninstall mate-hud And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mate-hud and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-hud

Remove mate-hud Configurations and Data

To remove mate-hud configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mate-hud

Remove mate-hud configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mate-hud configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-hud

Dependencies

mate-hud have the following dependencies:

References

mate-hud website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-hud package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.