How To Install gnome-applets on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-applets on Kali Linux. gnome-applets is Various applets for the GNOME panel - binary files

Introduction

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

What is gnome-applets

gnome-applets is:

Keyboard Accessibility Status: indicates keyboard accessibility settings, including the current state of the keyboard, if those features are in use.

Battery Charge Monitor: monitors the power subsystem on a laptop.

Brightness: provides a way to adjust screen brightness.

Character palette: provides a convenient way to access non-standard characters, such as accented characters, mathematical symbols, special symbols, and punctuation marks.

Command: shows the output of a command.

CPUFreq: CPU frequency scaling monitor.

Disk Mounter: lets you mount and unmount drives and file systems.

Eyes: pair of eyes which follow the mouse pointer around the screen.

Weather Report: shows the current weather conditions, and forecasts.

Inhibit: allows you to inhibit automatic power saving.

Command Line (Mini Commander): adds a command line to the panel.

System Monitor: a system load indicator.

Network Monitor (Netspeed): shows how much traffic occurs on a network device (ethernet card, wireless LAN card, or dial-up).

Sticky Notes: lets you create, view, and manage sticky notes on the desktop.

Search Bar: allows you to find your data quickly using Tracker.

Timer: lets you start a timer and receive a notification when it is finished.

Trash: lets you drag items to the trash folder.

Window Buttons: shows window controls (minimize, restore, close) in the panel for maximized windows.

Window Picker applet: window switcher showing only icons, not titles.

Window Title: shows window title in the panel for maximized windows.

There are three methods to install gnome-applets 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-applets 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-applets using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-applets

Install gnome-applets Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-applets

Install gnome-applets 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-applets using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-applets

How To Uninstall gnome-applets on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-applets

Uninstall gnome-applets And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-applets

Remove gnome-applets Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-applets

Remove gnome-applets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-applets

Dependencies

gnome-applets have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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