How To Install 9menu on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install 9menu on Kali Linux.

What is 9menu

9menu is:

This is a simple program that allows you to create X menus from
the shell, where each menu item will run a command. 9menu is intended
for use with 9wm, but can be used with any other window manager.

There are three methods to install 9menu 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 9menu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install 9menu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install 9menu

Install 9menu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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After updating apt database, We can install 9menu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install 9menu

Install 9menu 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 9menu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install 9menu

How To Uninstall 9menu on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the 9menu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove 9menu

Uninstall 9menu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall 9menu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove 9menu

Remove 9menu Configurations and Data

To remove 9menu configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge 9menu

Remove 9menu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove 9menu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge 9menu

Dependencies

9menu have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6

References

• 9menu website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install 9menu package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.