How To Install packagekit-gtk3-module on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install packagekit-gtk3-module on Kali Linux.

What is packagekit-gtk3-module

packagekit-gtk3-module is:

PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.

The PackageKit GTK+ module allows any Pango application to install fonts from configured repositories using PackageKit.

There are three methods to install packagekit-gtk3-module 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 packagekit-gtk3-module Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install packagekit-gtk3-module using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install packagekit-gtk3-module

Install packagekit-gtk3-module Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install packagekit-gtk3-module using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install packagekit-gtk3-module

Install packagekit-gtk3-module 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 packagekit-gtk3-module using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install packagekit-gtk3-module

How To Uninstall packagekit-gtk3-module on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the packagekit-gtk3-module package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove packagekit-gtk3-module

Uninstall packagekit-gtk3-module And Its Dependencies

To uninstall packagekit-gtk3-module and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove packagekit-gtk3-module

Remove packagekit-gtk3-module Configurations and Data

To remove packagekit-gtk3-module configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge packagekit-gtk3-module

Remove packagekit-gtk3-module configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove packagekit-gtk3-module configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge packagekit-gtk3-module

Dependencies

packagekit-gtk3-module have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libfontconfig1
• libglib2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpangoft2-1.0-0

References

• packagekit-gtk3-module website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install packagekit-gtk3-module package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.