How To Install xdg-desktop-portal-tests on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal-tests on Kali Linux. xdg-desktop-portal-tests is desktop integration portal - automated tests

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal-tests on Kali Linux.

What is xdg-desktop-portal-tests

xdg-desktop-portal-tests is:

xdg-desktop-portal provides a portal frontend service for Flatpak, Snap, and possibly other desktop containment/sandboxing frameworks. This service is made available to the sandboxed application, and provides mediated D-Bus interfaces for file access, URI opening, printing and similar desktop integration features. See the xdg-desktop-portal package’s description for more details.

This package contains automated tests.

There are three methods to install xdg-desktop-portal-tests 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 xdg-desktop-portal-tests Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xdg-desktop-portal-tests using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xdg-desktop-portal-tests

Install xdg-desktop-portal-tests Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xdg-desktop-portal-tests using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xdg-desktop-portal-tests

Install xdg-desktop-portal-tests 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 xdg-desktop-portal-tests using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xdg-desktop-portal-tests

How To Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-tests on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xdg-desktop-portal-tests package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xdg-desktop-portal-tests

Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-tests And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdg-desktop-portal-tests

Remove xdg-desktop-portal-tests Configurations and Data

To remove xdg-desktop-portal-tests configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xdg-desktop-portal-tests

Remove xdg-desktop-portal-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xdg-desktop-portal-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdg-desktop-portal-tests

Dependencies

xdg-desktop-portal-tests have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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