How To Install gtk-theme-switch on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-theme-switch on Kali Linux.

What is gtk-theme-switch

gtk-theme-switch is:

Utilities to easily switch GTK+ themes that can be run from the console, and has an optional GUI dock and theme preview. It can install themes downloaded from gtk.themes.org as well straight from the tarball.

There are three methods to install gtk-theme-switch 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 gtk-theme-switch Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gtk-theme-switch using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gtk-theme-switch

Install gtk-theme-switch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gtk-theme-switch using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gtk-theme-switch

Install gtk-theme-switch 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 gtk-theme-switch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gtk-theme-switch

How To Uninstall gtk-theme-switch on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gtk-theme-switch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gtk-theme-switch

Uninstall gtk-theme-switch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtk-theme-switch

Remove gtk-theme-switch Configurations and Data

To remove gtk-theme-switch configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gtk-theme-switch

Remove gtk-theme-switch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gtk-theme-switch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtk-theme-switch

Dependencies

gtk-theme-switch have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0

References

• gtk-theme-switch website

Summary

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