How To Install gnome-boxes on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-boxes on Kali Linux. gnome-boxes is Simple GNOME app to access remote or virtual systems

Introduction

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

What is gnome-boxes

gnome-boxes is:

GNOME Boxes is a desktop client to view or use local virtual machines, remote physical machines, or remote virtual machines. Boxes is intentionally simple and easy to use.

Hardware virtualization is required to use local virtual machines.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-boxes

Install gnome-boxes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-boxes

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-boxes

How To Uninstall gnome-boxes on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-boxes

Uninstall gnome-boxes And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-boxes

Remove gnome-boxes Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-boxes

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

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

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

Dependencies

gnome-boxes have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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