How To Install shiki-colors on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install shiki-colors on Kali Linux.

What is shiki-colors

shiki-colors is:

Shiki-Colors is a set of Metacity/GTK-2+ themes which mix the elegance of a dark theme with the usability of a light theme, resulting in a hybrid theme.

This package provides seven variations of the Shiki-Colors (Murrine) theme:

Shiki-Brave (Blue), Shiki-Dust (Chocolate), Shiki-Human (Orange), Shiki-Illustrious (Pink), Shiki-Noble (Purple), Shiki-Wine (Red), and Shiki-Wise (Green)

There are three methods to install shiki-colors 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 shiki-colors Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install shiki-colors

Install shiki-colors Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install shiki-colors

Install shiki-colors 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 shiki-colors using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install shiki-colors

How To Uninstall shiki-colors on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the shiki-colors package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove shiki-colors

Uninstall shiki-colors And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove shiki-colors

Remove shiki-colors Configurations and Data

To remove shiki-colors configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge shiki-colors

Remove shiki-colors configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shiki-colors

Dependencies

shiki-colors have the following dependencies:

• shiki-brave-theme
• shiki-dust-theme
• shiki-human-theme
• shiki-illustrious-theme
• shiki-noble-theme
• shiki-wine-theme
• shiki-wise-theme

References

• shiki-colors website

Summary

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