How To Install gnome-extra-icons on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gnome-extra-icons

gnome-extra-icons is:

Optional GNOME icons from http://art.gnome.org/. This package just install a lot of nice icons in /usr/share/pixmaps. Most of them are png files that give you more options to customize your desktop. Also, they can be used in any desktop which supports icons, not only GNOME.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-extra-icons

Install gnome-extra-icons Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-extra-icons

Install gnome-extra-icons 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-extra-icons using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-extra-icons

How To Uninstall gnome-extra-icons on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-extra-icons

Uninstall gnome-extra-icons And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-extra-icons

Remove gnome-extra-icons Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-extra-icons

Remove gnome-extra-icons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-extra-icons

Dependencies

gnome-extra-icons have the following dependencies:

References

• gnome-extra-icons website

Summary

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