How To Install gnome-photos on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-photos on Kali Linux. gnome-photos is application to access, organize and share your photos with GNOME

Introduction

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

What is gnome-photos

gnome-photos is:

GNOME Photos is designed to fulfill your needs to:

  • View local and online/cloud collections
  • View photos on attached devices
  • View photos on DLNA media servers
  • See new photos shared by friends
  • View full screen slideshows
  • Share photos
  • Upload photos
  • Set as background
  • Select favorites
  • Very basic manipulation: Crop, Enhance, Combine into an Album

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-photos

Install gnome-photos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-photos

Install gnome-photos 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-photos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-photos

How To Uninstall gnome-photos on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-photos

Uninstall gnome-photos And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-photos

Remove gnome-photos Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-photos

Remove gnome-photos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-photos

Dependencies

gnome-photos have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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