How To Install lxappearance on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxappearance on Kali Linux.
What is lxappearance
lxappearance is:
LXAppearance is a GUI application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).
It is a new feature-rich GTK+ theme switcher able to change GTK+ themes, icon themes, and fonts used by applications. GNOME/KDE/Xfce user may use build-in theme, this works for GTK+ based lightweight desktop Environment.
Features:
- Choose GTK+ theme
- Choose icon theme
- Install new icon theme
- Choose their favorite font
- Choose toolbar style
- See changes immediately in preview area
There are three methods to install lxappearance 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 lxappearance Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lxappearance using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxappearanceInstall lxappearance Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lxappearance using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxappearanceInstall lxappearance 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 lxappearance using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxappearanceHow To Uninstall lxappearance on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lxappearance package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxappearanceUninstall lxappearance And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxappearance and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxappearanceRemove lxappearance Configurations and Data
To remove lxappearance configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxappearanceRemove lxappearance configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxappearance configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxappearanceDependencies
lxappearance have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libdbus-1-3
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libx11-6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxappearance package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.