How To Install guake-indicator on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guake-indicator on Kali Linux.
What is guake-indicator
guake-indicator is:
Guake indicator lets you send custom commands through the D-Bus System. Commands can be manually edited in a XML file under ~/.guake.indicator or generated through guake-indicator edit-menu system GUI.
Guake-indicator sticks to your “System Tray” and displays your favorites commands retrieved from ~/.guake.indicator/guake-indicator.xml. If guake-indicator.xml does not exist, guake-indicator will create a default configuration file with some examples.
There are three methods to install guake-indicator 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 guake-indicator Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install guake-indicator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guake-indicatorInstall guake-indicator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install guake-indicator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guake-indicatorInstall guake-indicator 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install guake-indicator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guake-indicatorHow To Uninstall guake-indicator on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the guake-indicator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guake-indicatorUninstall guake-indicator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guake-indicator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guake-indicatorRemove guake-indicator Configurations and Data
To remove guake-indicator configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guake-indicatorRemove guake-indicator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guake-indicator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guake-indicatorDependencies
guake-indicator have the following dependencies:
- libayatana-appindicator3-1
- libc6
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libjson-c5
- libxml2
- guake
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guake-indicator package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
