How To Install cockpit-packagekit on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-packagekit on Kali Linux.

What is cockpit-packagekit

cockpit-packagekit is:

The Cockpit component for installing packages, via PackageKit.

There are three methods to install cockpit-packagekit 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 cockpit-packagekit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-packagekit

Install cockpit-packagekit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cockpit-packagekit

Install cockpit-packagekit 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 cockpit-packagekit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-packagekit

How To Uninstall cockpit-packagekit on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cockpit-packagekit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cockpit-packagekit

Uninstall cockpit-packagekit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-packagekit

Remove cockpit-packagekit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-packagekit

Remove cockpit-packagekit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit-packagekit

Dependencies

cockpit-packagekit have the following dependencies:

• cockpit-bridge
• packagekit

References

• cockpit-packagekit website

Summary

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