How To Install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth on Kali Linux.
What is ayatana-indicator-bluetooth
ayatana-indicator-bluetooth is:
This Ayatana Indicator exposes bluetooth functionality via the system indicator API and provides fast user controls for Bluetooth devices.
Ayatana Indicators are only available on desktop environments that provide a renderer for system indicators (such as MATE, Xfce, Lomiri, etc.).
There are three methods to install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth 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 ayatana-indicator-bluetooth Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ayatana-indicator-bluetoothInstall ayatana-indicator-bluetooth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ayatana-indicator-bluetoothInstall ayatana-indicator-bluetooth 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-indicator-bluetoothHow To Uninstall ayatana-indicator-bluetooth on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ayatana-indicator-bluetooth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ayatana-indicator-bluetoothUninstall ayatana-indicator-bluetooth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ayatana-indicator-bluetooth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ayatana-indicator-bluetoothRemove ayatana-indicator-bluetooth Configurations and Data
To remove ayatana-indicator-bluetooth configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ayatana-indicator-bluetoothRemove ayatana-indicator-bluetooth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ayatana-indicator-bluetooth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ayatana-indicator-bluetoothDependencies
ayatana-indicator-bluetooth have the following dependencies:
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- init-system-helpers
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- bluez
- unity-control-center
- blueman
- ayatana-indicator-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-bluetooth package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.