How To Install blueman on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install blueman on Kali Linux. blueman is Graphical bluetooth manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install blueman on Kali Linux.

What is blueman

blueman is:

Blueman is a GTK+ bluetooth management utility for GNOME using bluez D-Bus backend.

There are three methods to install blueman 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 blueman Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install blueman

Install blueman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install blueman using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install blueman

Install blueman 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 blueman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install blueman

How To Uninstall blueman on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the blueman package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove blueman

Uninstall blueman And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove blueman

Remove blueman Configurations and Data

To remove blueman configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge blueman

Remove blueman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blueman

Dependencies

blueman have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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