How To Install libcinnamon-desktop4 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcinnamon-desktop4 on Kali Linux.
What is libcinnamon-desktop4
libcinnamon-desktop4 is:
This library is used by Cinnamon to load the .desktop files.
There are three methods to install libcinnamon-desktop4 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 libcinnamon-desktop4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcinnamon-desktop4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcinnamon-desktop4Install libcinnamon-desktop4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcinnamon-desktop4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcinnamon-desktop4Install libcinnamon-desktop4 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 libcinnamon-desktop4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcinnamon-desktop4How To Uninstall libcinnamon-desktop4 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libcinnamon-desktop4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcinnamon-desktop4Uninstall libcinnamon-desktop4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcinnamon-desktop4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcinnamon-desktop4Remove libcinnamon-desktop4 Configurations and Data
To remove libcinnamon-desktop4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcinnamon-desktop4Remove libcinnamon-desktop4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcinnamon-desktop4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcinnamon-desktop4Dependencies
libcinnamon-desktop4 have the following dependencies:
- cinnamon-desktop-data
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libx11-6
- libxext6
- libxkbfile1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcinnamon-desktop4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
