How To Install kali-desktop-core on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-core on Kali Linux.
What is kali-desktop-core
kali-desktop-core is:
This metapackage depends on Kali packages that should be installed on all desktop installations of Kali Linux.
This metapackage is a dependency of all kali-desktop-* packages.
There are three methods to install kali-desktop-core 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-core Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kali-desktop-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kali-desktop-coreInstall kali-desktop-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kali-desktop-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kali-desktop-coreInstall kali-desktop-core 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 kali-desktop-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kali-desktop-coreHow To Uninstall kali-desktop-core on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kali-desktop-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kali-desktop-coreUninstall kali-desktop-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kali-desktop-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-desktop-coreRemove kali-desktop-core Configurations and Data
To remove kali-desktop-core configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kali-desktop-coreRemove kali-desktop-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kali-desktop-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-desktop-coreDependencies
kali-desktop-core have the following dependencies:
- kali-archive-keyring
- kali-debtags
- kali-defaults-desktop
- kali-grant-root
- kali-menu
- kali-themes
- haveged
- fonts-noto-color-emoji
- firefox-esr
- xdg-utils
- dbus-user-session
- xserver-xorg-legacy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-core package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
