How To Install gxmessage on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gxmessage on Kali Linux.

What is gxmessage

gxmessage is:

gxmessage provides an easy way to display scriptable pop-up dialogs. Based on the GIMP Toolkit, gxmessage fits in well with desktops such as GNOME, Xfce, and ROX.

There are three methods to install gxmessage 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 gxmessage Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gxmessage

Install gxmessage Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gxmessage using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gxmessage

Install gxmessage 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 gxmessage using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gxmessage

How To Uninstall gxmessage on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gxmessage package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gxmessage

Uninstall gxmessage And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gxmessage

Remove gxmessage Configurations and Data

To remove gxmessage configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gxmessage

Remove gxmessage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gxmessage

Dependencies

gxmessage have the following dependencies:

• dpkg
• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo-gobject2
• libcairo2
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0

References

• gxmessage website

Summary

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