How To Install xfe-themes on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfe-themes on Kali Linux.

What is xfe-themes

xfe-themes is:

Xfe is based on the popular but discontinued X Win Commander. It is desktop independent and is written using the C++ Fox Toolkit. Its appearance is similar to the Windows file-manager Total Commander or Windows Explorer. It is very fast and simple.

This package contains all icon themes for xfe and its utils.

There are three methods to install xfe-themes 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 xfe-themes Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfe-themes

Install xfe-themes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xfe-themes

Install xfe-themes 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 xfe-themes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfe-themes

How To Uninstall xfe-themes on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xfe-themes package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfe-themes

Uninstall xfe-themes And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfe-themes

Remove xfe-themes Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xfe-themes

Remove xfe-themes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfe-themes

Dependencies

xfe-themes have the following dependencies:

References

• xfe-themes website

Summary

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