How To Install gosa-desktop on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-desktop on Kali Linux. gosa-desktop is Desktop integration for GOsa?

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-desktop on Kali Linux.

What is gosa-desktop

gosa-desktop is:

This package includes a Gosa? menu definition for your desktop environment.

GOsa? is a combination of system-administrator and end-user web interface, designed to handle LDAP based setups.

There are three methods to install gosa-desktop 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 gosa-desktop Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gosa-desktop using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gosa-desktop

Install gosa-desktop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gosa-desktop

Install gosa-desktop 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 gosa-desktop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gosa-desktop

How To Uninstall gosa-desktop on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gosa-desktop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gosa-desktop

Uninstall gosa-desktop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gosa-desktop

Remove gosa-desktop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gosa-desktop

Remove gosa-desktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gosa-desktop

Dependencies

gosa-desktop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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