How To Install gnome-panel-control on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gnome-panel-control

gnome-panel-control is:

gnome-panel-control can be used to invoke the GNOME panel run or main menu from the command line. This is originally a helper utility of openbox since gnome-panel is no longer managing its own key bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-panel-control

Install gnome-panel-control Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-panel-control

Install gnome-panel-control 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-panel-control using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-panel-control

How To Uninstall gnome-panel-control on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-panel-control

Uninstall gnome-panel-control And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-panel-control

Remove gnome-panel-control Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-panel-control

Remove gnome-panel-control configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-panel-control

Dependencies

gnome-panel-control have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6

References

• gnome-panel-control website

Summary

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