How To Install muon on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install muon on Kali Linux. muon is graphical package manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install muon on Kali Linux.

What is muon

muon is:

Muon is a graphical package manager.

Features of note include:

  • A powerful, yet intuitive interface
  • Fast, accurate package search using the apt-xapian index and the Synaptic search algorithm
  • Support for filtering packages by status and category
  • Media change support
  • Support for configuring packages through the debconf system
  • Warn about/disallow the installation of untrusted packages, depending on APT settings
  • Uses Polkit for running privileged actions for enhanced security, convenience, and desktop integration
  • Power management suspension during package downloads, installations and removals
  • Support for download the latest changelog of a package
  • Package screenshots

There are three methods to install muon 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 muon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install muon

Install muon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install muon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install muon

Install muon 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 muon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install muon

How To Uninstall muon on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the muon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove muon

Uninstall muon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove muon

Remove muon Configurations and Data

To remove muon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge muon

Remove muon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge muon

Dependencies

muon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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