How To Install geary on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geary on Kali Linux.
What is geary
geary is:
Geary is an email reader for GNOME designed to let you read your email quickly and effortlessly. Its interface is based on conversations, so you can easily read an entire discussion without having to click from message to message.
There are three methods to install geary 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 geary Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install geary using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gearyInstall geary Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install geary using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gearyInstall geary 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 geary using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gearyHow To Uninstall geary on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the geary package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gearyUninstall geary And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geary and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gearyRemove geary Configurations and Data
To remove geary configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gearyRemove geary configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geary configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gearyDependencies
geary have the following dependencies:
- gnome-keyring
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libenchant-2-2
- libfolks25
- libgck-1-0
- libgcr-base-3-1
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libgee-0.8-2
- libglib2.0-0
- libgmime-3.0-0
- libgoa-1.0-0b
- libgsound0
- libgspell-1-2
- libgtk-3-0
- libhandy-1-0
- libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
- libjson-glib-1.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpeas-1.0-0
- libsecret-1-0
- libsoup2.4-1
- libsqlite3-0
- libunwind8
- libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
- libxml2
- libytnef0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geary package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.