How To Install apper-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is apper-data

apper-data 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 data files for Apper, the
KDE package manager based on PackageKit.

There are three methods to install apper-data 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-data 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-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install apper-data

Install apper-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apper-data

Install apper-data 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-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apper-data

How To Uninstall apper-data on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove apper-data

Uninstall apper-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apper-data

Remove apper-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge apper-data

Remove apper-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apper-data

Dependencies

apper-data have the following dependencies:

References

• apper-data website

Summary

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