How To Install kali-desktop-lxde on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-lxde on Kali Linux.
What is kali-desktop-lxde
kali-desktop-lxde is:
This metapackage installs a minimalistic LXDE desktop on your Kali system.
There are three methods to install kali-desktop-lxde 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-lxde 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-lxde using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kali-desktop-lxdeInstall kali-desktop-lxde Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kali-desktop-lxde using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kali-desktop-lxdeInstall kali-desktop-lxde 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-lxde using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kali-desktop-lxdeHow To Uninstall kali-desktop-lxde on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kali-desktop-lxde package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kali-desktop-lxdeUninstall kali-desktop-lxde And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kali-desktop-lxde and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-desktop-lxdeRemove kali-desktop-lxde Configurations and Data
To remove kali-desktop-lxde configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kali-desktop-lxdeRemove kali-desktop-lxde configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kali-desktop-lxde configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-desktop-lxdeDependencies
kali-desktop-lxde have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-desktop-lxde package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
