How To Install ukui-menus on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ukui-menus on Kali Linux. ukui-menus is implementation of the freedesktop menu specification for UKUI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ukui-menus on Kali Linux.

What is ukui-menus

ukui-menus is:

The package contains an implementation of the draft “Desktop Menu Specification” from freedesktop.org:

http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/menu-spec

Also contained here are the UKUI menu layout configuration files, .directory files and assorted menu related utility programs.

There are three methods to install ukui-menus 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 ukui-menus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ukui-menus

Install ukui-menus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ukui-menus

Install ukui-menus 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 ukui-menus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ukui-menus

How To Uninstall ukui-menus on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ukui-menus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ukui-menus

Uninstall ukui-menus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ukui-menus

Remove ukui-menus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ukui-menus

Remove ukui-menus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ukui-menus

Dependencies

ukui-menus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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