How To Install kali-desktop-kde on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-kde on Kali Linux.
What is kali-desktop-kde
kali-desktop-kde is:
This metapackage installs a minimalistic KDE desktop on your Kali system.
There are three methods to install kali-desktop-kde 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-kde 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-kde using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kali-desktop-kdeInstall kali-desktop-kde Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kali-desktop-kde using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kali-desktop-kdeInstall kali-desktop-kde 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-kde using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kali-desktop-kdeHow To Uninstall kali-desktop-kde on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kali-desktop-kde package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kali-desktop-kdeUninstall kali-desktop-kde And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kali-desktop-kde and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-desktop-kdeRemove kali-desktop-kde Configurations and Data
To remove kali-desktop-kde configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kali-desktop-kdeRemove kali-desktop-kde configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kali-desktop-kde configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-desktop-kdeDependencies
kali-desktop-kde have the following dependencies:
- kali-desktop-core
- kde-plasma-desktop
- plasma-nm
- sddm-theme-breeze
- sddm
- gwenview
- vlc
- ark
- konsole
- kwrite
- kcalc
- okular
- ksysguard
- kde-spectacle
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-kde package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.