How To Install kde-cli-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-cli-tools on Kali Linux.

What is kde-cli-tools

kde-cli-tools is:

These command line tools enable you to use KDE services such as kioslaves, kdesu, QtSVG, kcontrol modules, KDE trader and start applications from the command line.

This package is part of the KDE Plasma.

There are three methods to install kde-cli-tools 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 kde-cli-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-cli-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kde-cli-tools

Install kde-cli-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-cli-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kde-cli-tools

Install kde-cli-tools 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 kde-cli-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kde-cli-tools

How To Uninstall kde-cli-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kde-cli-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kde-cli-tools

Uninstall kde-cli-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-cli-tools

Remove kde-cli-tools Configurations and Data

To remove kde-cli-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kde-cli-tools

Remove kde-cli-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kde-cli-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-cli-tools

Dependencies

kde-cli-tools have the following dependencies:

• kde-cli-tools-data

References

• kde-cli-tools website

Summary

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