How To Install libunity-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunity-tools on Kali Linux. libunity-tools is binding to get places into the launcher - debugging tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunity-tools on Kali Linux.

What is libunity-tools

libunity-tools is:

libunity is a shared library to be able to interact with the launcher and add places in Unity environment.

This package contains debugging tools for introspecting results and issuing search on the lenses manually.

There are three methods to install libunity-tools 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 libunity-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libunity-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libunity-tools

Install libunity-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libunity-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libunity-tools

Install libunity-tools 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 libunity-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunity-tools

How To Uninstall libunity-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libunity-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libunity-tools

Uninstall libunity-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunity-tools

Remove libunity-tools Configurations and Data

To remove libunity-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libunity-tools

Remove libunity-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libunity-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunity-tools

Dependencies

libunity-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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