How To Install kinfocenter on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is kinfocenter

kinfocenter is:

The kinfocenter provides you with a centralized and convenient overview of your system and desktop environment.

The information center is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, but the information center organizes all of these programs into a convenient location.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kinfocenter

Install kinfocenter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kinfocenter

Install kinfocenter 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 kinfocenter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kinfocenter

How To Uninstall kinfocenter on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kinfocenter

Uninstall kinfocenter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kinfocenter

Remove kinfocenter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kinfocenter

Remove kinfocenter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kinfocenter

Dependencies

kinfocenter have the following dependencies:

• ieee-data
• plasma-workspace

References

• kinfocenter website

Summary

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