How To Install gtk3-nocsd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk3-nocsd on Kali Linux.

What is gtk3-nocsd

gtk3-nocsd is:

gtk3-nocsd LD_PRELOADs a small library to disable the client side decorations (CSD) of Gtk+ 3.

Since Gtk+ 3.10, its developers added a so-called header bar or custom title bar. With this and the client-side decoration, the original title bar and window border provided by the window manager are disabled by Gtk+. This makes all Gtk+ 3 programs look like alike, but have different handling from other windows on non-GNOME desktops. Even worse, this may break some window manager or compositors.

Unfortunately, there is no reliable way of turning off CSDs in Gtk+ directly. This library makes this possible.

There are three methods to install gtk3-nocsd 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 gtk3-nocsd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gtk3-nocsd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gtk3-nocsd

Install gtk3-nocsd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gtk3-nocsd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gtk3-nocsd

Install gtk3-nocsd 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 gtk3-nocsd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gtk3-nocsd

How To Uninstall gtk3-nocsd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gtk3-nocsd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gtk3-nocsd

Uninstall gtk3-nocsd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gtk3-nocsd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtk3-nocsd

Remove gtk3-nocsd Configurations and Data

To remove gtk3-nocsd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gtk3-nocsd

Remove gtk3-nocsd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gtk3-nocsd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtk3-nocsd

Dependencies

gtk3-nocsd have the following dependencies:

• libgtk3-nocsd0

References

• gtk3-nocsd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk3-nocsd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.