How To Install kali-tweaks on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-tweaks on Kali Linux. kali-tweaks is tool to adjust advanced configuration settings for Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-tweaks on Kali Linux.

What is kali-tweaks

kali-tweaks is:

This package provides tweaks for Kali Linux.

This include things like:

  • Shell configuration
  • APT mirrors configuration
  • Kali Linux metapackages installation and removal

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

sudo apt-get -y install kali-tweaks

Install kali-tweaks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kali-tweaks

Install kali-tweaks 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-tweaks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kali-tweaks

How To Uninstall kali-tweaks on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kali-tweaks package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kali-tweaks

Uninstall kali-tweaks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-tweaks

Remove kali-tweaks Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kali-tweaks

Remove kali-tweaks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-tweaks

Dependencies

kali-tweaks have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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