How To Install elementary-xfce-icon-theme on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elementary-xfce-icon-theme on Kali Linux.

What is elementary-xfce-icon-theme

elementary-xfce-icon-theme is:

elementary-xfce is a fork of the elementary OS icon theme for Xfce and other desktops.

This fork took place because the elementary OS maintainers wanted to focus exclusively on their desktop environment and thus dropped a lot of icon symlinks used by other desktops. elementary-xfce intends to keep these as-is, while still pulling in new icons and integrating them occasionally.

There are three methods to install elementary-xfce-icon-theme 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 elementary-xfce-icon-theme Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install elementary-xfce-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elementary-xfce-icon-theme

Install elementary-xfce-icon-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install elementary-xfce-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install elementary-xfce-icon-theme

Install elementary-xfce-icon-theme 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 elementary-xfce-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elementary-xfce-icon-theme

How To Uninstall elementary-xfce-icon-theme on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the elementary-xfce-icon-theme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elementary-xfce-icon-theme

Uninstall elementary-xfce-icon-theme And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elementary-xfce-icon-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elementary-xfce-icon-theme

Remove elementary-xfce-icon-theme Configurations and Data

To remove elementary-xfce-icon-theme configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elementary-xfce-icon-theme

Remove elementary-xfce-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove elementary-xfce-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elementary-xfce-icon-theme

Dependencies

elementary-xfce-icon-theme have the following dependencies:

References

• elementary-xfce-icon-theme website

Summary

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