How To Install cdebconf-gtk on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cdebconf-gtk on Kali Linux.
What is cdebconf-gtk
cdebconf-gtk is:
Debconf is a configuration management system for Debian packages. It is used by some packages to prompt you for information before they are installed. This is a reimplementation of the original debconf version in C.
cdebconf-gtk is a minimal Gtk+ frontend cdebconf package.
There are three methods to install cdebconf-gtk 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 cdebconf-gtk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cdebconf-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cdebconf-gtkInstall cdebconf-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cdebconf-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cdebconf-gtkInstall cdebconf-gtk 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 cdebconf-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cdebconf-gtkHow To Uninstall cdebconf-gtk on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cdebconf-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cdebconf-gtkUninstall cdebconf-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cdebconf-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cdebconf-gtkRemove cdebconf-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove cdebconf-gtk configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cdebconf-gtkRemove cdebconf-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cdebconf-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cdebconf-gtkDependencies
cdebconf-gtk have the following dependencies:
- cdebconf
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- debconf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cdebconf-gtk package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
