How To Install latte-dock on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install latte-dock on Kali Linux. latte-dock is Dock based on plasma frameworks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install latte-dock on Kali Linux.

What is latte-dock

latte-dock is:

Latte is a dock based on plasma frameworks that provides an elegant and intuitive experience for your tasks and plasmoids. It animates it’s contents by using parabolic zoom effect and tries to be there only when it is needed.

There are three methods to install latte-dock 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 latte-dock Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install latte-dock using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install latte-dock

Install latte-dock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install latte-dock

Install latte-dock 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 latte-dock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install latte-dock

How To Uninstall latte-dock on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the latte-dock package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove latte-dock

Uninstall latte-dock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove latte-dock

Remove latte-dock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge latte-dock

Remove latte-dock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge latte-dock

Dependencies

latte-dock have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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