How To Install kali-desktop-i3-gaps on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-i3-gaps on Kali Linux. kali-desktop-i3-gaps is I3-gaps based Kali desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-i3-gaps on Kali Linux.

What is kali-desktop-i3-gaps

kali-desktop-i3-gaps is:

This metapackage installs a minimalistic I3-gaps desktop on your Kali system.

There are three methods to install kali-desktop-i3-gaps 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-i3-gaps 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-i3-gaps using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kali-desktop-i3-gaps

Install kali-desktop-i3-gaps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kali-desktop-i3-gaps using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kali-desktop-i3-gaps

Install kali-desktop-i3-gaps 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-i3-gaps using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kali-desktop-i3-gaps

How To Uninstall kali-desktop-i3-gaps on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kali-desktop-i3-gaps package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kali-desktop-i3-gaps

Uninstall kali-desktop-i3-gaps And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kali-desktop-i3-gaps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-desktop-i3-gaps

Remove kali-desktop-i3-gaps Configurations and Data

To remove kali-desktop-i3-gaps configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kali-desktop-i3-gaps

Remove kali-desktop-i3-gaps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kali-desktop-i3-gaps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-desktop-i3-gaps

Dependencies

kali-desktop-i3-gaps have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-i3-gaps package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.