How To Install menu-cache on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install menu-cache in Fedora 36. menu-cache is Caching mechanism for freedesktop.org compliant menus

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install menu-cache on Fedora 36.

What is menu-cache

Menu-cache is a caching mechanism for freedesktop.org compliant menus to speed up parsing of the menu entries. It is currently used by some of components of the LXDE desktop environment such as LXPanel or LXLauncher.

We can use yum or dnf to install menu-cache on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install menu-cache.

Install menu-cache on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install menu-cache using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install menu-cache

Install menu-cache on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install menu-cache using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install menu-cache

How To Uninstall menu-cache on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the menu-cache package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove menu-cache

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## Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install `menu-cache` on Fedora 36.

### What is `menu-cache`

> Menu-cache is a caching mechanism for freedesktop.org compliant menus to speed up parsing of the menu entries. It is currently used by some of components of the LXDE desktop environment such as LXPanel or LXLauncher.  

We can use `yum` or `dnf` to install `menu-cache` on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install menu-cache.

## Install menu-cache on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install menu-cache using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install menu-cache

Install menu-cache on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install menu-cache using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install menu-cache

How To Uninstall menu-cache on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the menu-cache package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove menu-cache

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/21da8c653aa91335fbe008360680b94e1ccd22
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/155bee4187396bf035542cd95cf256ebb708de
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/044d2c2b5dfae4d33900a87d138d6842c0d396
/usr/lib/libmenu-cache.so.3
/usr/lib/libmenu-cache.so.3.2.0
/usr/libexec/menu-cache/menu-cache-gen
/usr/libexec/menu-cache/menu-cached
/usr/share/doc/menu-cache
/usr/share/doc/menu-cache/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/menu-cache/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/menu-cache/README
/usr/share/licenses/menu-cache
/usr/share/licenses/menu-cache/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install menu-cache on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

/usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/08 /usr/lib/.build-id/08/363f7fdf43a6968f734632b700cb02f6a2db3d /usr/lib/.build-id/59 /usr/lib/.build-id/59/3d06ad6c9d1f2b2488307549226d178b367430 /usr/lib/.build-id/c8 /usr/lib/.build-id/c8/e32a0b09a45e061b61226a3e81d21342029491 /usr/lib64/libmenu-cache.so.3 /usr/lib64/libmenu-cache.so.3.2.0 /usr/libexec/menu-cache/menu-cache-gen /usr/libexec/menu-cache/menu-cached /usr/share/doc/menu-cache /usr/share/doc/menu-cache/AUTHORS /usr/share/doc/menu-cache/NEWS /usr/share/doc/menu-cache/README /usr/share/licenses/menu-cache /usr/share/licenses/menu-cache/COPYING


## References

* [menu-cache website](http://lxde.org)

## Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install `menu-cache` on [Fedora 36](/fedora/36/) using [yum](/fedora/36/yum/) and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).