How To Install gnustep-icons on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gnustep-icons

gnustep-icons is:

They all have a basic NeXTSTEPish look and feel. These icons are placed where the WindowMaker package expects them by default.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnustep-icons

Install gnustep-icons Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnustep-icons

Install gnustep-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 gnustep-icons using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnustep-icons

How To Uninstall gnustep-icons on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnustep-icons

Uninstall gnustep-icons And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnustep-icons

Remove gnustep-icons Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnustep-icons

Remove gnustep-icons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnustep-icons

Dependencies

gnustep-icons have the following dependencies:

References

• gnustep-icons website

Summary

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