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