How To Install libmenu-cache3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmenu-cache3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmenu-cache3
libmenu-cache3 is:
Libmenu-cache is a library creating and utilizing caches to speed up the access to freedesktop.org defined application menus.
It can be used as a replacement of libgnome-menu of gnome-menus:
- Shorten time for loading menu entries.
- Ease of use (API is very similar to that of libgnome-menu).
- Lightweight runtime library (parsing of the menu definition files are done by menu-cache-gen when the menus are really changed).
- Less unnecessary and complicated file monitoring.
- Heavily reduced disk I/O.
There are three methods to install libmenu-cache3 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmenu-cache3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmenu-cache3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmenu-cache3
Install libmenu-cache3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmenu-cache3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmenu-cache3
Install libmenu-cache3 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 libmenu-cache3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmenu-cache3
How To Uninstall libmenu-cache3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmenu-cache3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmenu-cache3
Uninstall libmenu-cache3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmenu-cache3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmenu-cache3
Remove libmenu-cache3 Configurations and Data
To remove libmenu-cache3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmenu-cache3
Remove libmenu-cache3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmenu-cache3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmenu-cache3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmenu-cache3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
