How To Install tumbler-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tumbler-common on Kali Linux. tumbler-common is D-Bus thumbnailing service (common files)

Introduction

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

What is tumbler-common

tumbler-common is:

Tumbler is a D-Bus service for applications to request thumbnails for various URI schemes and MIME types.

This package contains files common to the various binary packages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tumbler-common

Install tumbler-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tumbler-common

Install tumbler-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 tumbler-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tumbler-common

How To Uninstall tumbler-common on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tumbler-common

Uninstall tumbler-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tumbler-common

Remove tumbler-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tumbler-common

Remove tumbler-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tumbler-common

Dependencies

tumbler-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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