How To Install education-desktop-lxqt on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install education-desktop-lxqt on Kali Linux. education-desktop-lxqt is Debian Edu LXQt desktop applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install education-desktop-lxqt on Kali Linux.

What is education-desktop-lxqt

education-desktop-lxqt is:

This metapackage depends on various LXQt components and lightweight desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.

There are three methods to install education-desktop-lxqt 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 education-desktop-lxqt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install education-desktop-lxqt

Install education-desktop-lxqt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install education-desktop-lxqt

Install education-desktop-lxqt 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 education-desktop-lxqt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install education-desktop-lxqt

How To Uninstall education-desktop-lxqt on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the education-desktop-lxqt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove education-desktop-lxqt

Uninstall education-desktop-lxqt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove education-desktop-lxqt

Remove education-desktop-lxqt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge education-desktop-lxqt

Remove education-desktop-lxqt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge education-desktop-lxqt

Dependencies

education-desktop-lxqt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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