How To Install appmenu-gtk-module-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install appmenu-gtk-module-common on Kali Linux. appmenu-gtk-module-common is Common files for GtkMenuShell D-Bus exporter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install appmenu-gtk-module-common on Kali Linux.

What is appmenu-gtk-module-common

appmenu-gtk-module-common is:

GTK+ module for exporting old-style menus as GMenuModels.

Many applications implement menus as GtkMenuShells and GtkMenuItems and aren’t looking to migrate to the newer GMenuModel API.

The AppMenu GTK+ module watches for these types of menus and exports the appropriate GMenuModel implementation.

This package contains common data files of the actuall appmenu module.

There are three methods to install appmenu-gtk-module-common 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 appmenu-gtk-module-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install appmenu-gtk-module-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install appmenu-gtk-module-common

Install appmenu-gtk-module-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install appmenu-gtk-module-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install appmenu-gtk-module-common

Install appmenu-gtk-module-common 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 appmenu-gtk-module-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install appmenu-gtk-module-common

How To Uninstall appmenu-gtk-module-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the appmenu-gtk-module-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk-module-common

Uninstall appmenu-gtk-module-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall appmenu-gtk-module-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove appmenu-gtk-module-common

Remove appmenu-gtk-module-common Configurations and Data

To remove appmenu-gtk-module-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge appmenu-gtk-module-common

Remove appmenu-gtk-module-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove appmenu-gtk-module-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge appmenu-gtk-module-common

Dependencies

appmenu-gtk-module-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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