How To Install gir1.2-mate-menu on Debian 10

Learn how to install gir1.2-mate-menu on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gir1.2-mate-menu is GObject introspection data for libmatemenu (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-mate-menu on Debian 10.

What is gir1.2-mate-menu

gir1.2-mate-menu is:

This package is a transitional package to gir1.2-matemenu-2.0. The package can be safely removed.

There are three methods to install gir1.2-mate-menu on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gir1.2-mate-menu Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-mate-menu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gir1.2-mate-menu

Install gir1.2-mate-menu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-mate-menu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gir1.2-mate-menu

Install gir1.2-mate-menu 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 gir1.2-mate-menu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gir1.2-mate-menu

How To Uninstall gir1.2-mate-menu on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gir1.2-mate-menu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gir1.2-mate-menu

Uninstall gir1.2-mate-menu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gir1.2-mate-menu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gir1.2-mate-menu

Remove gir1.2-mate-menu Configurations and Data

To remove gir1.2-mate-menu configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gir1.2-mate-menu

Remove gir1.2-mate-menu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gir1.2-mate-menu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gir1.2-mate-menu

Dependencies

gir1.2-mate-menu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-mate-menu package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.