How To Install libmate-menu2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmate-menu2 on Kali Linux.

What is libmate-menu2

libmate-menu2 is:

The package contains an implementation of the draft “Desktop Menu Specification” from freedesktop.org:

http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/menu-spec

This package contains the actual library files.

There are three methods to install libmate-menu2 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 libmate-menu2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmate-menu2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmate-menu2

Install libmate-menu2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmate-menu2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmate-menu2

Install libmate-menu2 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 libmate-menu2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmate-menu2

How To Uninstall libmate-menu2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmate-menu2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmate-menu2

Uninstall libmate-menu2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmate-menu2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmate-menu2

Remove libmate-menu2 Configurations and Data

To remove libmate-menu2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmate-menu2

Remove libmate-menu2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmate-menu2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmate-menu2

Dependencies

libmate-menu2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0

References

• libmate-menu2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmate-menu2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.