How To Install plasma-widgets-addons on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-widgets-addons on Kali Linux. plasma-widgets-addons is additional widgets for Plasma 5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-widgets-addons on Kali Linux.

What is plasma-widgets-addons

plasma-widgets-addons is:

This package contains additional Plasma 5 widgets shipped in the Plasma addons module. Install it if you want a variety of widgets on your Plasma desktop.

This package provides the following widgets:

  • Activity pager
  • Binary Clock
  • Calculator
  • Color Picker
  • Comic
  • Dictionary
  • Diskquota
  • Fifteen Puzzle
  • Fuzzy Clock
  • Grouping
  • Keyboard Indicartor
  • Kicker Application Dashboard
  • Konsole Profiles
  • Media Frame
  • Minimize all Windows
  • Nightcolor Control
  • Notes
  • Quicklaunch
  • Quick Share
  • Show Desktop
  • System Load Viewer
  • Timer
  • Userswitcher
  • Weather Report
  • Web Browser
  • More coming soon..

This package is part of the KDE Plasma 5 addons module.

There are three methods to install plasma-widgets-addons 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-widgets-addons 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-widgets-addons using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install plasma-widgets-addons

Install plasma-widgets-addons Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install plasma-widgets-addons using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install plasma-widgets-addons

Install plasma-widgets-addons 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-widgets-addons using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plasma-widgets-addons

How To Uninstall plasma-widgets-addons on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the plasma-widgets-addons package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plasma-widgets-addons

Uninstall plasma-widgets-addons And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-widgets-addons

Remove plasma-widgets-addons Configurations and Data

To remove plasma-widgets-addons configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-widgets-addons

Remove plasma-widgets-addons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-widgets-addons

Dependencies

plasma-widgets-addons have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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