How To Install fusion-icon on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fusion-icon on Kali Linux.

What is fusion-icon

fusion-icon is:

The OpenCompositing Project brings 3D desktop visual effects that improve the usability and eye candy of the X Window System and provide increased productivity.

This package contains a tray icon that allows you to easily enable, disable and restart Compiz, and change the currently used window manager and/or window decorator.

There are three methods to install fusion-icon 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 fusion-icon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fusion-icon

Install fusion-icon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fusion-icon

Install fusion-icon 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 fusion-icon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fusion-icon

How To Uninstall fusion-icon on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fusion-icon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fusion-icon

Uninstall fusion-icon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fusion-icon

Remove fusion-icon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fusion-icon

Remove fusion-icon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fusion-icon

Dependencies

fusion-icon have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• fusion-icon website

Summary

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