How To Install cinnamon-desktop-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-desktop-data on Kali Linux.

What is cinnamon-desktop-data

cinnamon-desktop-data is:

This package includes files that are shared between several Cinnamon apps (i18n files and configuration schemas).

There are three methods to install cinnamon-desktop-data 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-desktop-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cinnamon-desktop-data

Install cinnamon-desktop-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cinnamon-desktop-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cinnamon-desktop-data

Install cinnamon-desktop-data 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 cinnamon-desktop-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cinnamon-desktop-data

How To Uninstall cinnamon-desktop-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cinnamon-desktop-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cinnamon-desktop-data

Uninstall cinnamon-desktop-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cinnamon-desktop-data

Remove cinnamon-desktop-data Configurations and Data

To remove cinnamon-desktop-data configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cinnamon-desktop-data

Remove cinnamon-desktop-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cinnamon-desktop-data

Dependencies

cinnamon-desktop-data have the following dependencies:

• python3
• python3-gi
• dconf-gsettings-backend

References

• cinnamon-desktop-data website

Summary

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