How To Install obmenu on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install obmenu on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is obmenu
obmenu is:
Obmenu is a graphical menu editor for the Openbox window manager. Openbox uses XML to store its menu preferences, and editing these by hand can quickly become tedious. This utility provides a convenient method of editing the menu in a graphical interface, while not losing the powerful features of Openbox such as its pipe menus.
This also provides a Python module named obxml that can be used to further script Openbox’s menu system.
There are three methods to install obmenu 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 obmenu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install obmenu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install obmenu
Install obmenu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install obmenu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install obmenu
Install obmenu 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 obmenu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install obmenu
How To Uninstall obmenu on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the obmenu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove obmenu
Uninstall obmenu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall obmenu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove obmenu
Remove obmenu Configurations and Data
To remove obmenu configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge obmenu
Remove obmenu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove obmenu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obmenu
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install obmenu package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
