How To Install kmenuedit on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmenuedit on Kali Linux. kmenuedit is XDG menu editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmenuedit on Kali Linux.

What is kmenuedit

kmenuedit is:

This package provides a menu editor which may be used to edit the KDE Plasma workspaces menu or any other XDG menu.

This package contains the runtime files.

There are three methods to install kmenuedit on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kmenuedit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kmenuedit using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kmenuedit

Install kmenuedit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kmenuedit using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kmenuedit

Install kmenuedit Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install kmenuedit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kmenuedit

How To Uninstall kmenuedit on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kmenuedit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kmenuedit

Uninstall kmenuedit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kmenuedit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kmenuedit

Remove kmenuedit Configurations and Data

To remove kmenuedit configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kmenuedit

Remove kmenuedit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kmenuedit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kmenuedit

Dependencies

kmenuedit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmenuedit package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.