Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install synapse on Kali Linux.
What is synapse
synapse is:
Synapse is a graphical launcher enabling you to start applications and also
to quickly find and access relevant documents and files (by making use of the
Zeitgeist engine).
There are three methods to install synapse 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 synapse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install synapse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install synapseInstall synapse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install synapse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install synapseInstall synapse 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install synapse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install synapse
How To Uninstall synapse on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the synapse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove synapseUninstall synapse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall synapse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove synapseRemove synapse Configurations and Data
To remove synapse configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge synapseRemove synapse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove synapse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge synapseDependencies
synapse have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libgee-0.8-2
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libjson-glib-1.0-0
- libkeybinder-3.0-0
- libnotify4
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libzeitgeist-2.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install synapse package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
