How To Install kali-desktop-kde on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-kde on Kali Linux. kali-desktop-kde is KDE based Kali desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-kde on Kali Linux.

What is kali-desktop-kde

kali-desktop-kde is:

This metapackage installs a minimalistic KDE desktop on your Kali system.

There are three methods to install kali-desktop-kde 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 kali-desktop-kde Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kali-desktop-kde

Install kali-desktop-kde Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kali-desktop-kde using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kali-desktop-kde

Install kali-desktop-kde 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 kali-desktop-kde using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kali-desktop-kde

How To Uninstall kali-desktop-kde on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kali-desktop-kde package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kali-desktop-kde

Uninstall kali-desktop-kde And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-desktop-kde

Remove kali-desktop-kde Configurations and Data

To remove kali-desktop-kde configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kali-desktop-kde

Remove kali-desktop-kde configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kali-desktop-kde configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-desktop-kde

Dependencies

kali-desktop-kde have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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