How To Install kali-themes on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-themes on Kali Linux.
What is kali-themes
kali-themes is:
Installing this package should configure most desktops to use the Kali theme by default.
The actual artwork files are provided by kali-themes-common but this package provides configuration files and other settings for each desktop so that they use the Kali theme by default.
There are three methods to install kali-themes 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-themes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kali-themes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kali-themesInstall kali-themes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kali-themes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kali-themesInstall kali-themes 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-themes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kali-themesHow To Uninstall kali-themes on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kali-themes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kali-themesUninstall kali-themes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kali-themes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-themesRemove kali-themes Configurations and Data
To remove kali-themes configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kali-themesRemove kali-themes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kali-themes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-themesDependencies
kali-themes have the following dependencies:
- kali-themes-common
- fonts-cantarell
- fonts-firacode
- sensible-utils
- gtk2-engines-murrine
- plymouth-label
- dconf-gsettings-backend
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-themes package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
