How To Install packagekit-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install packagekit-tools on Kali Linux.
What is packagekit-tools
packagekit-tools 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.
This package provides the PackageKit command-line tools.
There are three methods to install packagekit-tools 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-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install packagekit-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install packagekit-toolsInstall packagekit-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install packagekit-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install packagekit-toolsInstall packagekit-tools 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install packagekit-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install packagekit-toolsHow To Uninstall packagekit-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the packagekit-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove packagekit-toolsUninstall packagekit-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall packagekit-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove packagekit-toolsRemove packagekit-tools Configurations and Data
To remove packagekit-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge packagekit-toolsRemove packagekit-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove packagekit-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge packagekit-toolsDependencies
packagekit-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install packagekit-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.