How To Install menu-xdg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install menu-xdg on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 menu-xdg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install menu-xdg
How To Uninstall menu-xdg on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install menu-xdg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
