How To Install gnome-control-center on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-control-center on Kali Linux.
What is gnome-control-center
gnome-control-center is:
This package contains configuration applets for the GNOME desktop, allowing to set accessibility configuration, desktop fonts, keyboard and mouse properties, sound setup, desktop theme and background, user interface properties, screen resolution, and other GNOME parameters.
It also contains a front end to these applets, which can also be accessed with the GNOME panel or the Nautilus file manager.
There are three methods to install gnome-control-center 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-control-center Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-control-center using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-control-centerInstall gnome-control-center Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-control-center using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-control-centerInstall gnome-control-center 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-control-center using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-control-centerHow To Uninstall gnome-control-center on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gnome-control-center package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-control-centerUninstall gnome-control-center And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-control-center and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-control-centerRemove gnome-control-center Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-control-center configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-control-centerRemove gnome-control-center configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-control-center configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-control-centerDependencies
gnome-control-center have the following dependencies:
- libaccountsservice0
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcheese-gtk25
- libcheese8
- libcolord-gtk1
- libcolord2
- libcups2
- libepoxy0
- libfontconfig1
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnome-bluetooth13
- libgnome-desktop-3-19
- libgoa-1.0-0b
- libgoa-backend-1.0-1
- libgsound0
- libgtk-3-0
- libgtop-2.0-11
- libgudev-1.0-0
- libhandy-1-0
- libibus-1.0-5
- libkrb5-3
- libmalcontent-0-0
- libmm-glib0
- libnm0
- libnma0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpolkit-gobject-1-0
- libpulse-mainloop-glib0
- libpulse0
- libpwquality1
- libsecret-1-0
- libsmbclient
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-control-center package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
