How To Install deskmenu on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is deskmenu

deskmenu is:

DeskMenu is a root menu program which is activated by clicking the root window. It is configured from a .deskmenurc file in your home directory. DeskMenu is useful for window managers which do not provide a menu such as Oroborus.

There are three methods to install deskmenu 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 deskmenu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install deskmenu

Install deskmenu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install deskmenu

Install deskmenu 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 deskmenu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install deskmenu

How To Uninstall deskmenu on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the deskmenu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove deskmenu

Uninstall deskmenu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove deskmenu

Remove deskmenu Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge deskmenu

Remove deskmenu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge deskmenu

Dependencies

deskmenu have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpangoft2-1.0-0
• libx11-6
• libxext6

References

• deskmenu website

Summary

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