How To Install appmenu-gtk2-module on Kali Linux

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In this tutorial we learn how to install appmenu-gtk2-module on Kali Linux. appmenu-gtk2-module is GtkMenuShell D-Bus exporter (GTK+2.0)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install appmenu-gtk2-module on Kali Linux.

What is appmenu-gtk2-module

appmenu-gtk2-module 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 the GTK+2.0 AppMenu module.

There are three methods to install appmenu-gtk2-module 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-gtk2-module 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-gtk2-module using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install appmenu-gtk2-module

Install appmenu-gtk2-module Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install appmenu-gtk2-module using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install appmenu-gtk2-module

Install appmenu-gtk2-module 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-gtk2-module using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install appmenu-gtk2-module

How To Uninstall appmenu-gtk2-module on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the appmenu-gtk2-module package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk2-module

Uninstall appmenu-gtk2-module And Its Dependencies

To uninstall appmenu-gtk2-module and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove appmenu-gtk2-module

Remove appmenu-gtk2-module Configurations and Data

To remove appmenu-gtk2-module configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge appmenu-gtk2-module

Remove appmenu-gtk2-module configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove appmenu-gtk2-module configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge appmenu-gtk2-module

Dependencies

appmenu-gtk2-module have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install appmenu-gtk2-module package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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