How To Install cinnamon-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-common
on Kali Linux.
What is cinnamon-common
cinnamon-common is:
Cinnamon is a desktop environment which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience.
The desktop layout is similar to GNOME 2. The underlying technology is forked from gnome-shell. The emphasis is put on making users feel at home and providing them with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience.
This package contains the data files needed by Cinnamon
There are three methods to install cinnamon-common
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 cinnamon-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install cinnamon-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-common
using apt
by running the following command:
Install cinnamon-common 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 cinnamon-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall cinnamon-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cinnamon-common
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall cinnamon-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cinnamon-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove cinnamon-common Configurations and Data
To remove cinnamon-common
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove cinnamon-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cinnamon-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
cinnamon-common have the following dependencies:
- gettext
- gir1.2-cinnamondesktop-3.0
- gir1.2-meta-muffin-0.0
- libglib2.0-bin
- python3-xapp
- xdg-utils
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-common
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.