How To Install kde-config-cron on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-config-cron on Kali Linux.

What is kde-config-cron

kde-config-cron is:

kde-config-cron is a KDE configuration module for scheduling programs to run at specific intervals using cron, the UNIX scheduling service.

This package is part of the KDE administration module.

There are three methods to install kde-config-cron 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-config-cron 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-config-cron using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kde-config-cron

Install kde-config-cron Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kde-config-cron

Install kde-config-cron 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-config-cron using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kde-config-cron

How To Uninstall kde-config-cron on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kde-config-cron package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kde-config-cron

Uninstall kde-config-cron And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-config-cron

Remove kde-config-cron Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kde-config-cron

Remove kde-config-cron configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-config-cron

Dependencies

kde-config-cron have the following dependencies:

• cron
• kio
• libc6
• libkf5configwidgets5
• libkf5coreaddons5
• libkf5i18n5
• libkf5iconthemes5
• libkf5kiowidgets5
• libkf5widgetsaddons5
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5printsupport5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6

References

• kde-config-cron website

Summary

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