How To Install plasma-discover-backend-snap on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-discover-backend-snap on Kali Linux. plasma-discover-backend-snap is Discover software management suite - Snap backend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-discover-backend-snap on Kali Linux.

What is plasma-discover-backend-snap

plasma-discover-backend-snap is:

Discover is a graphical software manager for the Plasma workspace. It helps users easily and quickly find applications and other software they might want to install.

This package contains a backend for the Ubuntu Core Snappy application bundling system.

There are three methods to install plasma-discover-backend-snap 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 plasma-discover-backend-snap Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install plasma-discover-backend-snap using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install plasma-discover-backend-snap

Install plasma-discover-backend-snap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install plasma-discover-backend-snap using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install plasma-discover-backend-snap

Install plasma-discover-backend-snap 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 plasma-discover-backend-snap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plasma-discover-backend-snap

How To Uninstall plasma-discover-backend-snap on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the plasma-discover-backend-snap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plasma-discover-backend-snap

Uninstall plasma-discover-backend-snap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall plasma-discover-backend-snap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-discover-backend-snap

Remove plasma-discover-backend-snap Configurations and Data

To remove plasma-discover-backend-snap configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-discover-backend-snap

Remove plasma-discover-backend-snap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove plasma-discover-backend-snap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-discover-backend-snap

Dependencies

plasma-discover-backend-snap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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