How To Install libexo-2-0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexo-2-0 on Kali Linux.

What is libexo-2-0

libexo-2-0 is:

libexo is a library for Xfce that contains a bunch of additional widgets and a framework for editable toolbars (an improved version of the framework present in GNOME), light-weight session management support, functions to automatically synchronize object properties (based on GObject Binding Properties) and several miscellaneous utility and helper functions for application developers.

While Xfce ships with quite a few libraries that are primarily targeted at desktop development, libexo is targeted at application development, with a focus on applications for Xfce.

This package provides GTK-3 version.

There are three methods to install libexo-2-0 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 libexo-2-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libexo-2-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libexo-2-0

Install libexo-2-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libexo-2-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libexo-2-0

Install libexo-2-0 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 libexo-2-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libexo-2-0

How To Uninstall libexo-2-0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libexo-2-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libexo-2-0

Uninstall libexo-2-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libexo-2-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexo-2-0

Remove libexo-2-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libexo-2-0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libexo-2-0

Remove libexo-2-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libexo-2-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexo-2-0

Dependencies

libexo-2-0 have the following dependencies:

• libexo-common
• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libxfce4util7

References

• libexo-2-0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexo-2-0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.