How To Install mono-tools-gui on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-tools-gui on Kali Linux.

What is mono-tools-gui

mono-tools-gui is:

This package contains various GUI tools for use with Mono:

• gasnview
• ilcontrast
• gui-compare
• mperfmon
• gsharp

There are three methods to install mono-tools-gui 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 mono-tools-gui Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mono-tools-gui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mono-tools-gui

Install mono-tools-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mono-tools-gui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mono-tools-gui

Install mono-tools-gui 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 mono-tools-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mono-tools-gui

How To Uninstall mono-tools-gui on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mono-tools-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mono-tools-gui

Uninstall mono-tools-gui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mono-tools-gui

Remove mono-tools-gui Configurations and Data

To remove mono-tools-gui configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mono-tools-gui

Remove mono-tools-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mono-tools-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mono-tools-gui

Dependencies

mono-tools-gui have the following dependencies:

• mono-runtime
• gendarme
• libglib2.0-cil
• libgtk2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-cil
• libmono-cairo4.0-cil
• libmono-corlib4.5-cil
• libmono-csharp4.0c-cil
• libmono-management4.0-cil
• libmono-posix4.0-cil
• libmono-system-core4.0-cil
• libmono-system-drawing4.0-cil
• libmono-system-xml-linq4.0-cil
• libmono-system-xml4.0-cil
• libmono-system4.0-cil

References

• mono-tools-gui website

Summary

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