How To Install libnotify4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotify4 on Kali Linux.

What is libnotify4

libnotify4 is:

A library that sends desktop notifications to a notification daemon, as defined in the Desktop Notifications spec. These notifications can be used to inform the user about an event or display some form of information without getting in the user’s way.

This package contains the shared library. To actually display the notifications, you need to install the package notification-daemon.

There are three methods to install libnotify4 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 libnotify4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnotify4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnotify4

Install libnotify4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnotify4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnotify4

Install libnotify4 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 libnotify4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnotify4

How To Uninstall libnotify4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnotify4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnotify4

Uninstall libnotify4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnotify4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnotify4

Remove libnotify4 Configurations and Data

To remove libnotify4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnotify4

Remove libnotify4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnotify4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnotify4

Dependencies

libnotify4 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0

References

• libnotify4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotify4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.