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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnotify4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnotify4Install libnotify4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnotify4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnotify4Install 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnotify4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnotify4How To Uninstall libnotify4 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libnotify4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnotify4Uninstall 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 libnotify4Remove libnotify4 Configurations and Data
To remove libnotify4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnotify4Remove 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 libnotify4Dependencies
libnotify4 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotify4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
