How To Install tkdesk on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tkdesk

tkdesk is:

TkDesk is a graphical file manager for Unix (esp. Linux) and the X Window System.

Compared with other file managers available, it offers the most complete set of file operations and services, plus gives the user the ability to configure most every aspect of TkDesk in a powerful way.

TkDesk has been influenced by various other systems and file managers, such as NeXT, for laying out the file browser windows, Apple Finder, for the idea of file annotations and, shock horror, Windows 95, for some other inspirations.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tkdesk

Install tkdesk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tkdesk

Install tkdesk 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 tkdesk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tkdesk

How To Uninstall tkdesk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tkdesk

Uninstall tkdesk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tkdesk

Remove tkdesk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tkdesk

Remove tkdesk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tkdesk

Dependencies

tkdesk have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libtcl8.6
• libtk8.6
• libx11-6
• libxext6
• libxft2
• libxss1
• tcl-itcl4
• tk8.6-blt2.5
• zlib1g

References

• tkdesk website

Summary

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