How To Install gconf-gsettings-backend on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gconf-gsettings-backend on Kali Linux.
What is gconf-gsettings-backend
gconf-gsettings-backend is:
GConf is a configuration database system for storing application preferences.
This package contains a backend to enable applications that use the newer GSettings framework to store their preferences to use GConf for storing the actual values.
You will need to explicitly enable it through your environment with GSETTINGS_BACKEND=gconf. It is strongly recommended to not use this backend unless you really know what you??re doing.
This package is for legacy applications and no longer used by GNOME.
There are three methods to install gconf-gsettings-backend 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 gconf-gsettings-backend Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gconf-gsettings-backend using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gconf-gsettings-backendInstall gconf-gsettings-backend Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gconf-gsettings-backend using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gconf-gsettings-backendInstall gconf-gsettings-backend 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gconf-gsettings-backend using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gconf-gsettings-backendHow To Uninstall gconf-gsettings-backend on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gconf-gsettings-backend package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gconf-gsettings-backendUninstall gconf-gsettings-backend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gconf-gsettings-backend and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gconf-gsettings-backendRemove gconf-gsettings-backend Configurations and Data
To remove gconf-gsettings-backend configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gconf-gsettings-backendRemove gconf-gsettings-backend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gconf-gsettings-backend configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gconf-gsettings-backendDependencies
gconf-gsettings-backend have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gconf-gsettings-backend package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
