How To Install kali-themes-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-themes-common on Kali Linux. kali-themes-common is Kali Themes (data files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-themes-common on Kali Linux.

What is kali-themes-common

kali-themes-common is:

This package contains multiple themes for kali. It includes graphical toolkit themes, icon themes, color schemes, desktop backgrounds and more.

This package only contains the actual files, it doesn’t change any system setting and doesn’t enable any Kali theme by default.

There are three methods to install kali-themes-common 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-themes-common 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-themes-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kali-themes-common

Install kali-themes-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kali-themes-common

Install kali-themes-common 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-themes-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kali-themes-common

How To Uninstall kali-themes-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kali-themes-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kali-themes-common

Uninstall kali-themes-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-themes-common

Remove kali-themes-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kali-themes-common

Remove kali-themes-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-themes-common

Dependencies

kali-themes-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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