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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfm-gtk4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfm-gtk4Install libfm-gtk4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfm-gtk4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfm-gtk4Install 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfm-gtk4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfm-gtk4How 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-gtk4Uninstall 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-gtk4Remove 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-gtk4Remove 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-gtk4Dependencies
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
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.
