How To Install gnome-pkg-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gnome-pkg-tools

gnome-pkg-tools is:

This package contains some useful tools for the Debian GNOME Packaging Team including:

• Documentation.
• The list of team members.
• A number of rules files for CDBS that are helpful for GNOME packages - but may also be useful for others.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-pkg-tools

Install gnome-pkg-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-pkg-tools

Install gnome-pkg-tools 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-pkg-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-pkg-tools

How To Uninstall gnome-pkg-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-pkg-tools

Uninstall gnome-pkg-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-pkg-tools

Remove gnome-pkg-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-pkg-tools

Remove gnome-pkg-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-pkg-tools

Dependencies

gnome-pkg-tools have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• gnome-pkg-tools website

Summary

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