How To Install solaar-gnome3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install solaar-gnome3 on Kali Linux.

What is solaar-gnome3

solaar-gnome3 is:

Solaar is a Linux device manager for Logitech’s Unifying Receiver wireless peripherals. It is able to pair/unpair devices to the receiver, and for some devices to read battery status.

This metapackage ensures integration with GNOME Shell/Unity. It is no longer needed and can safely be uninstalled.

There are three methods to install solaar-gnome3 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 solaar-gnome3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install solaar-gnome3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install solaar-gnome3

Install solaar-gnome3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install solaar-gnome3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install solaar-gnome3

Install solaar-gnome3 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 solaar-gnome3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install solaar-gnome3

How To Uninstall solaar-gnome3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the solaar-gnome3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove solaar-gnome3

Uninstall solaar-gnome3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall solaar-gnome3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove solaar-gnome3

Remove solaar-gnome3 Configurations and Data

To remove solaar-gnome3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge solaar-gnome3

Remove solaar-gnome3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove solaar-gnome3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge solaar-gnome3

Dependencies

solaar-gnome3 have the following dependencies:

• solaar

References

• solaar-gnome3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install solaar-gnome3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.