How To Install apt-config-icons-large on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is apt-config-icons-large

apt-config-icons-large 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 icon tarball downloads in large, 128x128px size. If these bigger icons are not downloaded by APT, a software center may decide to fetch them on-demand from a web location.

There are three methods to install apt-config-icons-large 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-large 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-large using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install apt-config-icons-large Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apt-config-icons-large

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

sudo aptitude -y install apt-config-icons-large

How To Uninstall apt-config-icons-large on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove apt-config-icons-large

Uninstall apt-config-icons-large And Its Dependencies

To uninstall apt-config-icons-large 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-large

Remove apt-config-icons-large Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

apt-config-icons-large have the following dependencies:

• apt-config-icons

References

• apt-config-icons-large website

Summary

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