How To Install gnome-settings-daemon on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-settings-daemon on Kali Linux. gnome-settings-daemon is daemon handling the GNOME session settings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-settings-daemon on Kali Linux.

What is gnome-settings-daemon

gnome-settings-daemon is:

This package contains the daemon which is responsible for setting the various parameters of a GNOME session and the applications that run under it. It handles the following kinds of settings:

  • Keyboard: layout, accessibility options, shortcuts, media keys
  • Clipboard management
  • Theming: background, icons, GTK+ applications
  • Cleanup of unused files
  • Mouse: cursors, speed, accessibility options
  • Startup of other daemons: screensaver, sound daemon

It also sets various application settings through X resources and freedesktop.org XSETTINGS.

There are three methods to install gnome-settings-daemon 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 gnome-settings-daemon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-settings-daemon

Install gnome-settings-daemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-settings-daemon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-settings-daemon

Install gnome-settings-daemon 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 gnome-settings-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-settings-daemon

How To Uninstall gnome-settings-daemon on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnome-settings-daemon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-settings-daemon

Uninstall gnome-settings-daemon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-settings-daemon

Remove gnome-settings-daemon Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-settings-daemon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-settings-daemon

Remove gnome-settings-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-settings-daemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-settings-daemon

Dependencies

gnome-settings-daemon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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