How To Install xdg-user-dirs-gtk on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-user-dirs-gtk on Kali Linux. xdg-user-dirs-gtk is tool to manage well known user directories (Gtk extension)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-user-dirs-gtk on Kali Linux.

What is xdg-user-dirs-gtk

xdg-user-dirs-gtk is:

xdg-user-dirs is a tool to help manage “well known” user directories like the desktop folder and the music folder. It also handles localization (i.e. translation) of the filenames.

This extension sets the Gtk bookmark file and tracks changes of the locale to notify the user on login about changed directory names.

There are three methods to install xdg-user-dirs-gtk 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-user-dirs-gtk 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-user-dirs-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xdg-user-dirs-gtk

Install xdg-user-dirs-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xdg-user-dirs-gtk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xdg-user-dirs-gtk

Install xdg-user-dirs-gtk 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-user-dirs-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xdg-user-dirs-gtk

How To Uninstall xdg-user-dirs-gtk on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xdg-user-dirs-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xdg-user-dirs-gtk

Uninstall xdg-user-dirs-gtk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xdg-user-dirs-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdg-user-dirs-gtk

Remove xdg-user-dirs-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove xdg-user-dirs-gtk configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xdg-user-dirs-gtk

Remove xdg-user-dirs-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xdg-user-dirs-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdg-user-dirs-gtk

Dependencies

xdg-user-dirs-gtk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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