How To Install libfm-gtk4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfm-gtk4 on Kali Linux.

What is libfm-gtk4

libfm-gtk4 is:

LibFM provides file management functions built on top of Glib/GIO giving a convenient higher-level API.

This package contains the GTK+ version 2.0 GUI.

There are three methods to install libfm-gtk4 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 libfm-gtk4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfm-gtk4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfm-gtk4

Install libfm-gtk4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfm-gtk4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfm-gtk4

Install libfm-gtk4 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 libfm-gtk4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfm-gtk4

How To Uninstall libfm-gtk4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfm-gtk4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfm-gtk4

Uninstall libfm-gtk4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfm-gtk4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfm-gtk4

Remove libfm-gtk4 Configurations and Data

To remove libfm-gtk4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfm-gtk4

Remove libfm-gtk4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfm-gtk4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfm-gtk4

Dependencies

libfm-gtk4 have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfm4
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libmenu-cache3
• libpango-1.0-0
• libfm-gtk-data

References

• libfm-gtk4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfm-gtk4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.