---
name: "exmenen"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "extra-xdg-menus"
version: "1.0-7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/exmenen"
---

# exmenen(1)

enable or disable extra menus for GNOME, KDE and other XDG menu-spec compliant desktops

## NAME

exmenen, exmendis - enable or disable extra menus for GNOME, KDE and other XDG menu-spec compliant desktops

## SYNOPSIS

**exmenen** (--system \| --local) \[ module \]

**exmendis** (--system \| --local) \[ module \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **exmenen** and **exmendis** commands.

**exmenen** is a script that enables the specified extra applications menu on either a system, or per-user basis. It does this by creating symlinks within **/etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged/** (system wide), or **${XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME}/menus/applications-merged/** (per-user). If the XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME environment variable is unset, its default is taken to be  ${HOME}/.config .

Likewise, **exmendis** disables an extra applications menu by removing those symlinks.  It is not an error to enable a menu which is already enabled, or to disable one which is already disabled.

## EXAMPLES

**exmendis --system electronics**\
 **exmenen --local electronics**

Disables the system wide extra **electronics** menu, enables it for the current user.

## FILES

- **/usr/share/extra-xdg-menus**

  Directory with .menu files defining the available extra modules.

- **/etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged**

  Directory with links to the files in **extra-xdg-menus** for system-wide enabled extra menus.

- **${XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME}/menus/applications-merged**

  Directory with links to the files in **extra-xdg-menus** for per-user enabled extra menus. If XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME is unset, the directory used will be **${HOME}/.config/menus/applications-merged**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Peter Clifton \<pcjc2@cam.ac.uk\> for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, as it is a Debian-specific script with the package.

exmenen, exmendis and this manpage were derived from scripts and documentation written by Daniel Stone for the apache2 Debian package.