How To Install mate-menus on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-menus on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• gir1.2-matemenu-2.0

References

• mate-menus website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-menus package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.