How To Install mate-backgrounds on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-backgrounds on Kali Linux.

What is mate-backgrounds

mate-backgrounds is:

This package provides a collection of desktop wallpapers created with MATE users in mind.

The package ships the default MATE backgrounds from various Linux distributions as well as a set of nature photographs suitable as comforting desktop backgrounds.

There are three methods to install mate-backgrounds 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 mate-backgrounds Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mate-backgrounds

Install mate-backgrounds Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mate-backgrounds

Install mate-backgrounds 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 mate-backgrounds using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mate-backgrounds

How To Uninstall mate-backgrounds on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mate-backgrounds package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mate-backgrounds

Uninstall mate-backgrounds And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-backgrounds

Remove mate-backgrounds Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mate-backgrounds

Remove mate-backgrounds configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-backgrounds

Dependencies

mate-backgrounds have the following dependencies:

References

• mate-backgrounds website

Summary

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