How To Install desktop-file-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install desktop-file-utils on Kali Linux. desktop-file-utils is Utilities for .desktop files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install desktop-file-utils on Kali Linux.

What is desktop-file-utils

desktop-file-utils is:

Some utilities to make dealing with .desktop files easier:

  • update-desktop-database – update the desktop-MIME mapping
  • desktop-file-validate – validate a desktop file
  • desktop-file-install – install a desktop file, munging en route.

There are three methods to install desktop-file-utils 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 desktop-file-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install desktop-file-utils

Install desktop-file-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install desktop-file-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install desktop-file-utils

Install desktop-file-utils 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 desktop-file-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install desktop-file-utils

How To Uninstall desktop-file-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the desktop-file-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove desktop-file-utils

Uninstall desktop-file-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove desktop-file-utils

Remove desktop-file-utils Configurations and Data

To remove desktop-file-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge desktop-file-utils

Remove desktop-file-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge desktop-file-utils

Dependencies

desktop-file-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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