How To Install menu-cache on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install menu-cache on CentOS 7. menu-cache is Caching mechanism for freedesktop.org compliant menus

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install menu-cache on CentOS 7.

What is menu-cache

Menu-cache is a caching mechanism for freedesktop.org compliant menus to speed up parsing of the menu entries. It is currently used by some of components of the LXDE desktop environment such as LXPanel or LXLauncher.

We can use yum or dnf to install menu-cache on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install menu-cache.

Install menu-cache on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install menu-cache using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install menu-cache

Install menu-cache on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install menu-cache using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install menu-cache

How To Uninstall menu-cache on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the menu-cache package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove menu-cache

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install menu-cache on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.