How To Install apt-config-icons on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-config-icons on Kali Linux.

What is apt-config-icons

apt-config-icons is:

This package contains an APT configuration snippet that enables the download of an icon tarball containing application icons for display in software centers. Icons get downloaded directly from the archive via regular cache updates, and match the software currently available in the respective archive suites.

This snippet enables icons of the default icon size set in the AppStream specification for software centers, 64x64px. It also enables downloads of smaller 48x48px icons.

There are three methods to install apt-config-icons 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 apt-config-icons Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install apt-config-icons

Install apt-config-icons Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apt-config-icons

Install apt-config-icons 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 apt-config-icons using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apt-config-icons

How To Uninstall apt-config-icons on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the apt-config-icons package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apt-config-icons

Uninstall apt-config-icons And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-config-icons

Remove apt-config-icons Configurations and Data

To remove apt-config-icons configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apt-config-icons

Remove apt-config-icons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove apt-config-icons configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-config-icons

Dependencies

apt-config-icons have the following dependencies:

• appstream

References

• apt-config-icons website

Summary

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