How To Install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets on Kali Linux. kde-telepathy-desktop-applets is KDE Telepathy contact plasmoid

Introduction

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

What is kde-telepathy-desktop-applets

kde-telepathy-desktop-applets is:

This package provides widgets that allow you to have any of your IM contacts easily accessible as an icon on your desktop.

This package is not meant to be used standalone. It is recommended to install the kde-telepathy metapackage instead.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets

Install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets

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

sudo aptitude -y install kde-telepathy-desktop-applets

How To Uninstall kde-telepathy-desktop-applets on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kde-telepathy-desktop-applets

Uninstall kde-telepathy-desktop-applets And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-telepathy-desktop-applets

Remove kde-telepathy-desktop-applets Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kde-telepathy-desktop-applets

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-telepathy-desktop-applets

Dependencies

kde-telepathy-desktop-applets have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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