How To Install marble-plugins on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install marble-plugins on Kali Linux.

What is marble-plugins

marble-plugins is:

Marble is a generic geographical map widget and framework for KDE applications. The Marble widget shows the earth as a sphere but does not require hardware acceleration. A minimal set of geographical data is included, so it can be used without an internet connection.

This package contains various plugins for the Marble desktop globe. The Marble globe widget library may not be of much use if this package is not installed.

This package is part of the KDE education module.

There are three methods to install marble-plugins 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 marble-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install marble-plugins

Install marble-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install marble-plugins

Install marble-plugins 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 marble-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install marble-plugins

How To Uninstall marble-plugins on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the marble-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove marble-plugins

Uninstall marble-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove marble-plugins

Remove marble-plugins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge marble-plugins

Remove marble-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge marble-plugins

Dependencies

marble-plugins have the following dependencies:

• libastro1

References

• marble-plugins website

Summary

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