How To Install lxmenu-data on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxmenu-data on Debian 10.
What is lxmenu-data
lxmenu-data is:
LXMenu-data is a component for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).
It contains files required to build desktop menus for LXDE complying to the freedesktop.org menu specification.
There are three methods to install lxmenu-data 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 lxmenu-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxmenu-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxmenu-data
Install lxmenu-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxmenu-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxmenu-data
Install lxmenu-data 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 lxmenu-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxmenu-data
How To Uninstall lxmenu-data on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lxmenu-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxmenu-data
Uninstall lxmenu-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxmenu-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxmenu-data
Remove lxmenu-data Configurations and Data
To remove lxmenu-data configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxmenu-data
Remove lxmenu-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxmenu-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxmenu-data
Dependencies
lxmenu-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxmenu-data package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.