How To Install materia-gtk-theme on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install materia-gtk-theme on Kali Linux. materia-gtk-theme is Material Design theme for GNOME/GTK+ based desktop environments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install materia-gtk-theme on Kali Linux.

What is materia-gtk-theme

materia-gtk-theme is:

Materia (formerly Flat-Plat) is a Material Design theme for GNOME/GTK+ based desktop environments.It supports GTK+ 3, GTK+ 2, GNOME Shell, Budgie, MATE, Unity, LightDM, GDM, Chrome theme, etc.

Also Materia has compatibility with oomox theme designer.

There are three methods to install materia-gtk-theme 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 materia-gtk-theme Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install materia-gtk-theme using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install materia-gtk-theme

Install materia-gtk-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install materia-gtk-theme using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install materia-gtk-theme

Install materia-gtk-theme 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 materia-gtk-theme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install materia-gtk-theme

How To Uninstall materia-gtk-theme on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the materia-gtk-theme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove materia-gtk-theme

Uninstall materia-gtk-theme And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove materia-gtk-theme

Remove materia-gtk-theme Configurations and Data

To remove materia-gtk-theme configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge materia-gtk-theme

Remove materia-gtk-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove materia-gtk-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge materia-gtk-theme

Dependencies

materia-gtk-theme have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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