How To Install xbitmaps on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xbitmaps

xbitmaps is:

This package contains the base X bitmaps, which are used in many legacy X clients.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xbitmaps

Install xbitmaps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xbitmaps

Install xbitmaps 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 xbitmaps using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xbitmaps

How To Uninstall xbitmaps on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xbitmaps

Uninstall xbitmaps And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xbitmaps

Remove xbitmaps Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xbitmaps

Remove xbitmaps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xbitmaps

Dependencies

xbitmaps have the following dependencies:

References

• xbitmaps website

Summary

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