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.
After updating apt database, We can install apt-config-icons
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install apt-config-icons Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install apt-config-icons
using apt
by running the following command:
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.
After updating apt database, We can install apt-config-icons
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall apt-config-icons on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the apt-config-icons
package we can use the following command:
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:
Remove apt-config-icons Configurations and Data
To remove apt-config-icons
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
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:
Dependencies
apt-config-icons have the following dependencies:
References
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
.