How To Install gconf-service on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gconf-service
on Kali Linux.
What is gconf-service
gconf-service is:
GConf is a configuration database system for storing application preferences. It supports default or mandatory settings set by the administrator, and changes to the database are instantly applied to all running applications. It is written for the GNOME desktop but doesn’t require it.
This package contains the D-Bus enabled daemon that is used internally by the GConf library to access configuration data.
This package is for legacy applications and no longer used by GNOME.
There are three methods to install gconf-service
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-service Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install gconf-service
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install gconf-service Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install gconf-service
using apt
by running the following command:
Install gconf-service 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.
After updating apt database, We can install gconf-service
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall gconf-service on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gconf-service
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall gconf-service And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gconf-service
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove gconf-service Configurations and Data
To remove gconf-service
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove gconf-service configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gconf-service
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
gconf-service have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gconf-service
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.