How To Install apper on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install apper on Kali Linux. apper is KDE package management tool using PackageKit

Introduction

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

What is `apper`

apper is:

PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.

This package provides a KDE package manager based on PackageKit,
as well as package management support for the KDE desktop.
It implements the PackageKit session API for KDE, which allows
applications to easily install additional software (e.g. extensions),
uninstall files and perform simple software status queries.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install apper

Install apper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apper

Install apper 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 apper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apper

How To Uninstall apper on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove apper

Uninstall apper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apper

Remove apper Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge apper

Remove apper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apper

Dependencies

apper have the following dependencies:

References

apper website

Summary

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