How To Install sound-theme-freedesktop on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install sound-theme-freedesktop on Kali Linux. sound-theme-freedesktop is freedesktop.org sound theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sound-theme-freedesktop on Kali Linux.

What is sound-theme-freedesktop

sound-theme-freedesktop is:

The default freedesktop.org sound theme following the XDG theming specification. It contains a full set of sounds for different desktop events.

These sounds come from various sources: KDE, Ekiga, Pidgin/Purple, ALSA.

There are three methods to install sound-theme-freedesktop 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 sound-theme-freedesktop Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sound-theme-freedesktop

Install sound-theme-freedesktop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sound-theme-freedesktop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sound-theme-freedesktop

Install sound-theme-freedesktop 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 sound-theme-freedesktop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sound-theme-freedesktop

How To Uninstall sound-theme-freedesktop on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the sound-theme-freedesktop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sound-theme-freedesktop

Uninstall sound-theme-freedesktop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sound-theme-freedesktop

Remove sound-theme-freedesktop Configurations and Data

To remove sound-theme-freedesktop configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sound-theme-freedesktop

Remove sound-theme-freedesktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sound-theme-freedesktop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sound-theme-freedesktop

Dependencies

sound-theme-freedesktop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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