How To Install openbox-menu on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openbox-menu on Kali Linux.
What is openbox-menu
openbox-menu is:
openbox-menu is a pipemenu for the openbox window manager. It provides a dynamic menu listing of installed applications. Most of the work is done by the LXDE library menu-cache.
There are three methods to install openbox-menu 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 openbox-menu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install openbox-menu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openbox-menuInstall openbox-menu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install openbox-menu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openbox-menuInstall openbox-menu 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install openbox-menu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openbox-menuHow To Uninstall openbox-menu on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the openbox-menu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openbox-menuUninstall openbox-menu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openbox-menu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openbox-menuRemove openbox-menu Configurations and Data
To remove openbox-menu configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openbox-menuRemove openbox-menu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openbox-menu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openbox-menuDependencies
openbox-menu have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openbox-menu package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.