How To Install gnome-phone-manager on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-phone-manager on Kali Linux.
What is gnome-phone-manager
gnome-phone-manager is:
Phone Manager is a program created to allow you to control aspects of your mobile phone from your GNOME 2 desktop.
Current features include:
- Runs in the background; indicates status on the panel notification area.
- Display on-screen alert when text message (SMS) arrives
- Text message (SMS) sending facility
- Evolution Addressbook integration
There are three methods to install gnome-phone-manager 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-phone-manager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-phone-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-phone-managerInstall gnome-phone-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-phone-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-phone-managerInstall gnome-phone-manager 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-phone-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-phone-managerHow To Uninstall gnome-phone-manager on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gnome-phone-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-phone-managerUninstall gnome-phone-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-phone-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-phone-managerRemove gnome-phone-manager Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-phone-manager configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-phone-managerRemove gnome-phone-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-phone-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-phone-managerDependencies
gnome-phone-manager have the following dependencies:
- gconf-service
- libbluetooth3
- libc6
- libcanberra-gtk3-0
- libcanberra0
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- libebook-1.2-20
- libebook-contacts-1.2-3
- libedataserver-1.2-25
- libgconf-2-4
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnokii6
- libgnome-bluetooth13
- libgtk-3-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libtelepathy-glib0
- gconf2
- evolution-data-server
- hicolor-icon-theme
- bluetooth
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-phone-manager package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
