How To Install appmenu-registrar on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install appmenu-registrar on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is appmenu-registrar
appmenu-registrar is:
This package provides a standalone Appmenu registrar that allows other applications to access any active window’s application menu tree.
Such a registrar is extremely useful for, e.g.
- implementing global menus (application menus appear in the top panel bar of the desktop environment)
- adding an application menu browser or search engine to HUDs
The registrar uses the protocol originally published with the Unity7 desktop environment. It supports all features found in that implementation.
The menu hiding functionality in appmenu-gtk-module depends on the registrar’s presence.
This package is a subproject of the vala-panel-appmenu project. Task: ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install appmenu-registrar on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install appmenu-registrar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install appmenu-registrar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install appmenu-registrar
Install appmenu-registrar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install appmenu-registrar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install appmenu-registrar
Install appmenu-registrar 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 appmenu-registrar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install appmenu-registrar
How To Uninstall appmenu-registrar on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the appmenu-registrar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove appmenu-registrar
Uninstall appmenu-registrar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall appmenu-registrar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove appmenu-registrar
Remove appmenu-registrar Configurations and Data
To remove appmenu-registrar configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge appmenu-registrar
Remove appmenu-registrar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove appmenu-registrar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge appmenu-registrar
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install appmenu-registrar package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
