How To Install fcitx5-material-color on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-material-color on Kali Linux. fcitx5-material-color is UI theme for fcitx5 following Material Design

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-material-color on Kali Linux.

What is fcitx5-material-color

fcitx5-material-color is:

This package provides Windows 10-like UI themes for fcitx5. The color is specifically picked following the guidance of Material Design.

There are three methods to install fcitx5-material-color 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 fcitx5-material-color Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-material-color using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcitx5-material-color

Install fcitx5-material-color Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fcitx5-material-color using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fcitx5-material-color

Install fcitx5-material-color 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 fcitx5-material-color using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcitx5-material-color

How To Uninstall fcitx5-material-color on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fcitx5-material-color package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcitx5-material-color

Uninstall fcitx5-material-color And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fcitx5-material-color and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcitx5-material-color

Remove fcitx5-material-color Configurations and Data

To remove fcitx5-material-color configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fcitx5-material-color

Remove fcitx5-material-color configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fcitx5-material-color configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcitx5-material-color

Dependencies

fcitx5-material-color have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcitx5-material-color package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.