How To Install alacarte on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alacarte on Debian 9.
What is alacarte
alacarte is:
Alacarte is an easy-to-use menu editor for GNOME that can add and edit new entries and menus. It works with the freedesktop.org menu specification and should work with any desktop environment that uses the spec.
There are three methods to install alacarte 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 alacarte Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install alacarte using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alacarte
Install alacarte Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alacarte using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alacarte
Install alacarte 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 alacarte using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alacarte
How To Uninstall alacarte on Debian 9
To uninstall only the alacarte package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alacarte
Uninstall alacarte And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alacarte and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alacarte
Remove alacarte Configurations and Data
To remove alacarte configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alacarte
Remove alacarte configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alacarte configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alacarte
Dependencies
alacarte have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alacarte package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.