How To Install appmenu-qt on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install appmenu-qt on Ubuntu 18.04. appmenu-qt is application menu for Qt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install appmenu-qt on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is appmenu-qt

appmenu-qt is:

appmenu provides you with an integrated application menu in your global menu bar

appmenu-qt will work for applications designed for Qt and KDE

There are three methods to install appmenu-qt 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 appmenu-qt 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-qt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install appmenu-qt

Install appmenu-qt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install appmenu-qt

Install appmenu-qt 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 appmenu-qt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install appmenu-qt

How To Uninstall appmenu-qt on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the appmenu-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove appmenu-qt

Uninstall appmenu-qt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall appmenu-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove appmenu-qt

Remove appmenu-qt Configurations and Data

To remove appmenu-qt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge appmenu-qt

Remove appmenu-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge appmenu-qt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install appmenu-qt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.