How To Install ayatana-indicator-datetime on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-datetime on Kali Linux. ayatana-indicator-datetime is Ayatana Indicator providing clock and calendar

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-datetime on Kali Linux.

What is ayatana-indicator-datetime

ayatana-indicator-datetime is:

This Ayatana Indicator provides a combined calendar, clock, alarm and event management tool.

Ayatana Indicators are only available on desktop environments that provide a renderer for system indicators (such as MATE, Xfce, Lomiri, etc.).

There are three methods to install ayatana-indicator-datetime 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 ayatana-indicator-datetime Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ayatana-indicator-datetime

Install ayatana-indicator-datetime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-datetime using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ayatana-indicator-datetime

Install ayatana-indicator-datetime 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 ayatana-indicator-datetime using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-indicator-datetime

How To Uninstall ayatana-indicator-datetime on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ayatana-indicator-datetime package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ayatana-indicator-datetime

Uninstall ayatana-indicator-datetime And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ayatana-indicator-datetime

Remove ayatana-indicator-datetime Configurations and Data

To remove ayatana-indicator-datetime configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ayatana-indicator-datetime

Remove ayatana-indicator-datetime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ayatana-indicator-datetime configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ayatana-indicator-datetime

Dependencies

ayatana-indicator-datetime have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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