How To Install topmenu-gtk2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install topmenu-gtk2 on Debian 9.
What is topmenu-gtk2
topmenu-gtk2 is:
Topmenu provides a global menu bar (MacOS style). TopMenu uses XEmbed for exporting menu bars.
This package provides the Topmenu GTK2 implementation.
There are three methods to install topmenu-gtk2 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 topmenu-gtk2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install topmenu-gtk2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install topmenu-gtk2
Install topmenu-gtk2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install topmenu-gtk2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install topmenu-gtk2
Install topmenu-gtk2 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 topmenu-gtk2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install topmenu-gtk2
How To Uninstall topmenu-gtk2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the topmenu-gtk2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove topmenu-gtk2
Uninstall topmenu-gtk2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall topmenu-gtk2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove topmenu-gtk2
Remove topmenu-gtk2 Configurations and Data
To remove topmenu-gtk2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge topmenu-gtk2
Remove topmenu-gtk2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove topmenu-gtk2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge topmenu-gtk2
Dependencies
topmenu-gtk2 have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- 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-client-gtk2-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install topmenu-gtk2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
