How To Install menu 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 menu on Ubuntu.
What is menu
menu is:
Debian menu keeps transparently the menus in the different window-managers in sync with the list of installed programs.
Debian menu relies on a list of menu entries provided by programs and a list of menu-methods provided by window-managers and other menu-aware applications.
Menu provides system-level and user-level configuration and overrides for both menu entries and menu-methods.
There are three methods to install menu 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 menu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install menu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install menu
Install menu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install menu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install menu
Install menu 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 menu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install menu
How To Uninstall menu on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the menu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove menu
Uninstall menu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall menu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove menu
Remove menu Configurations and Data
To remove menu configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge menu
Remove menu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove menu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge menu
Dependencies
menu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install menu package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.