How To Install gnome-contacts on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-contacts on Kali Linux.
What is gnome-contacts
gnome-contacts is:
GNOME Contacts is a standalone application to view and manage contacts provided by all available contacts sources (Evolution, Empathy, etc).
There are three methods to install gnome-contacts 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-contacts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-contacts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-contactsInstall gnome-contacts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-contacts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-contactsInstall gnome-contacts 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 gnome-contacts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-contactsHow To Uninstall gnome-contacts on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gnome-contacts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-contactsUninstall gnome-contacts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-contacts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-contactsRemove gnome-contacts Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-contacts configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-contactsRemove gnome-contacts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-contacts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-contactsDependencies
gnome-contacts have the following dependencies:
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcheese-gtk25
- libcheese8
- libedataserver-1.2-25
- libedataserverui-1.2-2
- libfolks-eds25
- libfolks25
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libgee-0.8-2
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnome-desktop-3-19
- libgoa-1.0-0b
- libgtk-3-0
- libhandy-1-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libwayland-server0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-contacts package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.