How To Install kdeutils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdeutils on Kali Linux. kdeutils is general-purpose utilities from the official KDE release

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdeutils on Kali Linux.

What is kdeutils

kdeutils is:

KDE is produced by an international technology team that creates free and open source software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE’s products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development.

This metapackage includes general-purpose utilities provided with the official release of KDE.

There are three methods to install kdeutils 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 kdeutils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kdeutils

Install kdeutils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kdeutils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kdeutils

Install kdeutils 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 kdeutils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdeutils

How To Uninstall kdeutils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kdeutils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kdeutils

Uninstall kdeutils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdeutils

Remove kdeutils Configurations and Data

To remove kdeutils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdeutils

Remove kdeutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kdeutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdeutils

Dependencies

kdeutils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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