How To Install colord-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is colord-data

colord-data is:

colord is a system service that makes it easy to manage, install and generate colour profiles to accurately colour manage input and output devices.

It provides a D-Bus API for system frameworks to query, a persistent data store, and a mechanism for session applications to set system policy.

This package contains data for the colord system daemon.

There are three methods to install colord-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 colord-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 colord-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install colord-data

Install colord-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install colord-data

Install colord-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 colord-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install colord-data

How To Uninstall colord-data on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove colord-data

Uninstall colord-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove colord-data

Remove colord-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge colord-data

Remove colord-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colord-data

Dependencies

colord-data have the following dependencies:

References

• colord-data website

Summary

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