How To Install mate-menus on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-menus on Debian 11.
What is mate-menus
mate-menus is:
The package contains an implementation of the draft “Desktop Menu Specification” from freedesktop.org:
http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/menu-spec
Also contained here are the MATE menu layout configuration files, .directory files and assorted menu related utility programs.
There are three methods to install mate-menus on Debian 11. 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-menus 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-menus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-menus
Install mate-menus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-menus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-menus
Install mate-menus 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 mate-menus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-menus
How To Uninstall mate-menus on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mate-menus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-menus
Uninstall mate-menus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-menus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-menus
Remove mate-menus Configurations and Data
To remove mate-menus configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-menus
Remove mate-menus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-menus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-menus
Dependencies
mate-menus have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-menus package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
