How To Install ristretto on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ristretto on Kali Linux.

What is ristretto

ristretto is:

Ristretto is a fast and lightweight picture-viewer for the Xfce desktop environment.

There are three methods to install ristretto 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 ristretto Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ristretto

Install ristretto Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ristretto using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ristretto

Install ristretto 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 ristretto using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ristretto

How To Uninstall ristretto on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ristretto package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ristretto

Uninstall ristretto And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ristretto

Remove ristretto Configurations and Data

To remove ristretto configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ristretto

Remove ristretto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ristretto

Dependencies

ristretto have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libexif12
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libmagic1
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libx11-6
• libxfce4ui-2-0
• libxfce4util7
• libxfconf-0-3

References

• ristretto website

Summary

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