How To Install debian-mate-default-settings on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-mate-default-settings on Kali Linux.

What is debian-mate-default-settings

debian-mate-default-settings is:

This package comes together with mate-session-manager as provided by upstream but does a little tweaking here and there to provide best experience of the MATE desktop environment on Debian systems.

There are three methods to install debian-mate-default-settings 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 debian-mate-default-settings Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install debian-mate-default-settings using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install debian-mate-default-settings

Install debian-mate-default-settings Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install debian-mate-default-settings using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install debian-mate-default-settings

Install debian-mate-default-settings 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 debian-mate-default-settings using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debian-mate-default-settings

How To Uninstall debian-mate-default-settings on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the debian-mate-default-settings package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove debian-mate-default-settings

Uninstall debian-mate-default-settings And Its Dependencies

To uninstall debian-mate-default-settings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debian-mate-default-settings

Remove debian-mate-default-settings Configurations and Data

To remove debian-mate-default-settings configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge debian-mate-default-settings

Remove debian-mate-default-settings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove debian-mate-default-settings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debian-mate-default-settings

Dependencies

debian-mate-default-settings have the following dependencies:

• desktop-file-utils

References

• debian-mate-default-settings website

Summary

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