How To Install libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 on Kali Linux.

What is libdbusmenu-gtk3-4

libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 is:

libdbusmenu passes a menu structure across DBus so that a program can create a menu simply without worrying about how it is displayed on the other side of the bus.

This package contains shared libraries to be used by GTK-3+ applications.

There are three methods to install libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 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 libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdbusmenu-gtk3-4

Install libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdbusmenu-gtk3-4

Install libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 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 libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdbusmenu-gtk3-4

How To Uninstall libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdbusmenu-gtk3-4

Uninstall libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdbusmenu-gtk3-4

Remove libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 Configurations and Data

To remove libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdbusmenu-gtk3-4

Remove libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdbusmenu-gtk3-4

Dependencies

libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libdbusmenu-glib4
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0

References

• libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.