How To Install kali-desktop-mate on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-mate on Kali Linux.
What is kali-desktop-mate
kali-desktop-mate is:
This metapackage installs a minimalistic MATE desktop on your Kali system.
There are three methods to install kali-desktop-mate 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-mate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kali-desktop-mate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kali-desktop-mateInstall kali-desktop-mate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kali-desktop-mate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kali-desktop-mateInstall kali-desktop-mate 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kali-desktop-mate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kali-desktop-mateHow To Uninstall kali-desktop-mate on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kali-desktop-mate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kali-desktop-mateUninstall kali-desktop-mate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kali-desktop-mate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-desktop-mateRemove kali-desktop-mate Configurations and Data
To remove kali-desktop-mate configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kali-desktop-mateRemove kali-desktop-mate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kali-desktop-mate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-desktop-mateDependencies
kali-desktop-mate have the following dependencies:
- kali-desktop-core
- kali-desktop-base
- mate-desktop-environment
- lightdm
- network-manager-gnome
- qt5ct
- eom
- parole
- engrampa
- mate-terminal
- pluma
- mate-calc
- atril
- mate-system-monitor
- mate-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-mate package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
