How To Install menu-xdg on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install menu-xdg on Kali Linux. menu-xdg is freedesktop.org menu compliant window manager scripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install menu-xdg on Kali Linux.

What is menu-xdg

menu-xdg is:

menu-xdg contains menu-methods to convert the Debian menu structure to the freedesktop.org xdg menu structure.

  • Base Directory Specification Version 0.6
  • Menu Specification Version 0.8
  • Desktop Entry Specification Version 0.9.4

There are three methods to install menu-xdg 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 menu-xdg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install menu-xdg

Install menu-xdg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install menu-xdg

Install menu-xdg 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 menu-xdg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install menu-xdg

How To Uninstall menu-xdg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove menu-xdg

Uninstall menu-xdg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall menu-xdg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove menu-xdg

Remove menu-xdg Configurations and Data

To remove menu-xdg configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge menu-xdg

Remove menu-xdg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge menu-xdg

Dependencies

menu-xdg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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