How To Install kali-desktop-base on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-base on Kali Linux.

What is kali-desktop-base

kali-desktop-base is:

This empty package provides hooks into the various alternatives defined by Debian’s desktop-base to provide consistent Kali branding through the whole distribution.

There are three methods to install kali-desktop-base 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 kali-desktop-base Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kali-desktop-base

Install kali-desktop-base Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kali-desktop-base using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kali-desktop-base

Install kali-desktop-base 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 kali-desktop-base using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kali-desktop-base

How To Uninstall kali-desktop-base on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kali-desktop-base package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kali-desktop-base

Uninstall kali-desktop-base And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-desktop-base

Remove kali-desktop-base Configurations and Data

To remove kali-desktop-base configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kali-desktop-base

Remove kali-desktop-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kali-desktop-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-desktop-base

Dependencies

kali-desktop-base have the following dependencies:

• kali-themes-common

References

• kali-desktop-base website

Summary

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