How To Install gtk2-engines-murrine on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-engines-murrine on Kali Linux. gtk2-engines-murrine is cairo-based gtk+-2.0 theme engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-engines-murrine on Kali Linux.

What is gtk2-engines-murrine

gtk2-engines-murrine is:

“Murrine” is an Italian word meaning the glass artworks done by Venicians glass blowers. The Engine is cairo-based, and it’s very fast compared to clearlooks-cairo and ubuntulooks.

This package includes the Murrine engine.

There are three methods to install gtk2-engines-murrine 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 gtk2-engines-murrine Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gtk2-engines-murrine using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gtk2-engines-murrine

Install gtk2-engines-murrine Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gtk2-engines-murrine using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gtk2-engines-murrine

Install gtk2-engines-murrine 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 gtk2-engines-murrine using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gtk2-engines-murrine

How To Uninstall gtk2-engines-murrine on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gtk2-engines-murrine package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gtk2-engines-murrine

Uninstall gtk2-engines-murrine And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gtk2-engines-murrine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtk2-engines-murrine

Remove gtk2-engines-murrine Configurations and Data

To remove gtk2-engines-murrine configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gtk2-engines-murrine

Remove gtk2-engines-murrine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gtk2-engines-murrine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtk2-engines-murrine

Dependencies

gtk2-engines-murrine have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-engines-murrine package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.