How To Install notify-osd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install notify-osd on Kali Linux. notify-osd is daemon that displays passive pop-up notifications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install notify-osd on Kali Linux.

What is notify-osd

notify-osd is:

The Desktop Notifications framework provides a standard way of doing passive pop-up notifications on the Linux desktop. These are designed to notify the user of something without interrupting their work with a dialog box that they must close. Passive popups can automatically disappear after a short period of time.

There are three methods to install notify-osd 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 notify-osd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install notify-osd

Install notify-osd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install notify-osd

Install notify-osd 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 notify-osd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install notify-osd

How To Uninstall notify-osd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the notify-osd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove notify-osd

Uninstall notify-osd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove notify-osd

Remove notify-osd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge notify-osd

Remove notify-osd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge notify-osd

Dependencies

notify-osd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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