How To Install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu on Debian 9.
What is lxpanel-plugin-topmenu
lxpanel-plugin-topmenu is:
Topmenu provides a global menu bar (MacOS style). TopMenu uses XEmbed for exporting menu bars.
This package provides a Topmenu plugin for the LXDE desktop environment.
There are three methods to install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu
Install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu
Install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu
How To Uninstall lxpanel-plugin-topmenu on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lxpanel-plugin-topmenu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxpanel-plugin-topmenu
Uninstall lxpanel-plugin-topmenu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxpanel-plugin-topmenu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxpanel-plugin-topmenu
Remove lxpanel-plugin-topmenu Configurations and Data
To remove lxpanel-plugin-topmenu configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxpanel-plugin-topmenu
Remove lxpanel-plugin-topmenu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxpanel-plugin-topmenu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxpanel-plugin-topmenu
Dependencies
lxpanel-plugin-topmenu have the following dependencies:
- lxpanel
- libtopmenu-client-gtk2-0
- topmenu-gtk-common
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfm4
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libtopmenu-server-gtk2-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxpanel-plugin-topmenu package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
