How To Install idesk on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is idesk

idesk is:

Idesk displays icons with a short description on the desktop and gives shortcuts to launch any X app.

The icons can be resized, use tooltip and has transparency with other nice image effects. It can use many images types formats how PNG, JPG, GIF, XPM, etc. Idesk also allows the binding of different actions to every mouse button.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install idesk

Install idesk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install idesk

Install idesk 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 idesk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install idesk

How To Uninstall idesk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove idesk

Uninstall idesk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove idesk

Remove idesk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge idesk

Remove idesk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge idesk

Dependencies

idesk have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• idesk website

Summary

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