How To Install mate-applet-brisk-menu on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-applet-brisk-menu on Ubuntu 18.04. mate-applet-brisk-menu is Solus Projects Brisk Menu MATE Panel Applet

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-applet-brisk-menu on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is mate-applet-brisk-menu

mate-applet-brisk-menu is:

The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

Brisk Menu is a modern desktop menu for the MATE Desktop Environment providing the MATE Desktop with a first-class application and system menu applet.

There are three methods to install mate-applet-brisk-menu 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 mate-applet-brisk-menu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-applet-brisk-menu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mate-applet-brisk-menu

Install mate-applet-brisk-menu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mate-applet-brisk-menu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mate-applet-brisk-menu

Install mate-applet-brisk-menu 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 mate-applet-brisk-menu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mate-applet-brisk-menu

How To Uninstall mate-applet-brisk-menu on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the mate-applet-brisk-menu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mate-applet-brisk-menu

Uninstall mate-applet-brisk-menu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mate-applet-brisk-menu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-applet-brisk-menu

Remove mate-applet-brisk-menu Configurations and Data

To remove mate-applet-brisk-menu configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mate-applet-brisk-menu

Remove mate-applet-brisk-menu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mate-applet-brisk-menu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-applet-brisk-menu

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-applet-brisk-menu package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.