How To Install mate-sntray-plugin on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-sntray-plugin on Kali Linux.
What is mate-sntray-plugin
mate-sntray-plugin is:
Plugin for xfce4-panel to show StatusNotifierItems (also known as AppIndicators). Based on ValaPanel`s StatusNotifier and xfce4-snw-plugin by equiem.
MATE panel applet version of the plugin.
There are three methods to install mate-sntray-plugin 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-sntray-plugin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mate-sntray-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-sntray-pluginInstall mate-sntray-plugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mate-sntray-plugin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-sntray-pluginInstall mate-sntray-plugin 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 mate-sntray-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-sntray-pluginHow To Uninstall mate-sntray-plugin on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mate-sntray-plugin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-sntray-pluginUninstall mate-sntray-plugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-sntray-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-sntray-pluginRemove mate-sntray-plugin Configurations and Data
To remove mate-sntray-plugin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-sntray-pluginRemove mate-sntray-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-sntray-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-sntray-pluginDependencies
mate-sntray-plugin have the following dependencies:
- xfce4-sntray-plugin-common
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libmate-panel-applet-4-1
- libpango-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-sntray-plugin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.