How To Install smenu on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smenu on Kali Linux.

What is smenu

smenu is:

smenu is a command-line utility that allows you to use words coming from the standard input to create a nice selection window just below the cursor. Your selection will then be sent to standard output.

You can use it to create interactive menus in scripts, for instance.

There are three methods to install smenu 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 smenu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smenu

Install smenu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install smenu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install smenu

Install smenu 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 smenu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smenu

How To Uninstall smenu on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the smenu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smenu

Uninstall smenu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smenu

Remove smenu Configurations and Data

To remove smenu configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smenu

Remove smenu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smenu

Dependencies

smenu have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libtinfo6

References

• smenu website

Summary

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