How To Install mate-menu on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-menu on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mate-menu
mate-menu is:
An advanced menu for MATE. Supports filtering, favorites, easy-uninstallation, autosession, and many other features.
This menu originated in the Linux Mint distribution and has been ported to other distros that ship the MATE Desktop Environment.
There are three methods to install mate-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-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-menu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-menu
Install mate-menu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-menu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-menu
Install mate-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-menu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-menu
How To Uninstall mate-menu on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mate-menu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-menu
Uninstall mate-menu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-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-menu
Remove mate-menu Configurations and Data
To remove mate-menu configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-menu
Remove mate-menu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-menu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-menu
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-menu package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
