How To Install gnome-activity-journal on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-activity-journal on Kali Linux. gnome-activity-journal is graphical user interface for Zeitgeist

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-activity-journal on Kali Linux.

What is gnome-activity-journal

gnome-activity-journal is:

Zeitgeist is a service which logs the user’s activities and events (files opened, websites visited, conversations held with other people, etc.) and makes the relevant information available to other applications.

It serves as a comprehensive activity log and also makes it possible to determine relationships between items based on usage patterns.

This package contains the GNOME Activity Journal, a graphical user interface which shows a journal of your activities.

There are three methods to install gnome-activity-journal 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 gnome-activity-journal Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-activity-journal using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-activity-journal

Install gnome-activity-journal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-activity-journal using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-activity-journal

Install gnome-activity-journal 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 gnome-activity-journal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-activity-journal

How To Uninstall gnome-activity-journal on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnome-activity-journal package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-activity-journal

Uninstall gnome-activity-journal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-activity-journal

Remove gnome-activity-journal Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-activity-journal configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-activity-journal

Remove gnome-activity-journal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-activity-journal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-activity-journal

Dependencies

gnome-activity-journal have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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