How To Install gfxboot-themes on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfxboot-themes on Kali Linux.
What is gfxboot-themes
gfxboot-themes is:
gfxboot is a tool to test and create graphical boot logos for gfxboot compliant boot loaders. Currently, this includes grub, lilo, and syslinux (all payloads).
This package contains full featured themes (KDE, openSUSE, SLED, SLES, and upstream).
There are three methods to install gfxboot-themes 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 gfxboot-themes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gfxboot-themes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfxboot-themesInstall gfxboot-themes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gfxboot-themes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfxboot-themesInstall gfxboot-themes 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 gfxboot-themes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfxboot-themesHow To Uninstall gfxboot-themes on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gfxboot-themes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfxboot-themesUninstall gfxboot-themes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfxboot-themes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfxboot-themesRemove gfxboot-themes Configurations and Data
To remove gfxboot-themes configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfxboot-themesRemove gfxboot-themes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfxboot-themes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfxboot-themesDependencies
gfxboot-themes have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfxboot-themes package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.