How To Install colord on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install colord on Kali Linux. colord is system service to manage device colour profiles – system daemon

Introduction

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

What is colord

colord 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 the dbus-activated colord system daemon.

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

sudo apt-get -y install colord

Install colord Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install colord

Install colord 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install colord

How To Uninstall colord on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove colord

Uninstall colord And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove colord

Remove colord Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge colord

Remove colord configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colord

Dependencies

colord have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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