- gnome-software-common on Kali Linux
- 2. Uninstall / Remove gnome-software-common package
- 3. Details of gnome-software-common package
- 4. References on Kali Linux
- 5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions
- gnome-software on Kali Linux
- 2. Uninstall / Remove gnome-software package
- 3. Details of gnome-software package
- 4. References on Kali Linux
- 5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions
- How To Install gnome-software on Kali Linux
- One-liner install command
- What is gnome-software and what are the ways to install it?
- Install gnome-software using apt-get
- Install gnome-software using apt
- Install gnome-software using aptitude
- How to upgrade (update) a single package gnome-software using apt-get?
- How To Uninstall gnome-software from Kali Linux
- Uninstall gnome-software and all its dependencies
- Remove gnome-software with all configurations and data
- Remove gnome-software completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)
- Extra info and code examples
- Conclusion
gnome-software-common on Kali Linux
Learn how to install gnome-software-common package:
2. Uninstall / Remove gnome-software-common package
Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall gnome-software-common package:
3. Details of gnome-software-common package
Package: gnome-software-common
Source: gnome-software
Version: 43~rc-2
Installed-Size: 5290
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: all
Size: 749824
SHA256: 254020f252668b3cd5009f226abe40ed9742ccbcba7c75a126a45f06a6d34394
SHA1: 07889037852daa89e983062a601fa3369154811d
MD5sum: 07a87411cc2afd0ea7942f961d73f44d
Description: Software Center for GNOME (common files)
Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.
.
Software uses a plugin architecture to separate the frontend from the
technologies that are used underneath. Currently, a PackageKit plugin provides
data from a number of traditional packaging systems, such as rpm or apt. An
appdata plugin provides additional metadata from locally installed data in the
appdata format.
.
This package contains the architecture-independent files.
Description-md5: a52964f99bc0ad87fa14fa1afc5a66d8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software
Section: gnome
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-software/gnome-software-common_43~rc-2_all.deb
4. References on Kali Linux
5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions
gnome-software-common (3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.15) Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
gnome-software-common (3.20.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.13) Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
gnome-software-common (3.38.1-1) Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)
gnome-software-common (3.38.0-2build1) Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)
gnome-software-common (40.4-1build1) Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
gnome-software-common (41.5-2ubuntu2) Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
gnome-software-common (3.30.6-5) Debian 10 (Buster)
gnome-software on Kali Linux
Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gnome-software package:
2. Uninstall / Remove gnome-software package
Please follow the instructions below to uninstall gnome-software package:
3. Details of gnome-software package
Architecture: amd64
Depends: appstream, apt-config-icons, gnome-software-common (= 43~rc-2), gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 3.18), libgtk3-perl, packagekit (>= 1.1.11), software-properties-gtk, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libadwaita-1-0 (>= 1.2~alpha), libappstream4 (>= 0.14.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libfwupd2 (>= 1.5.6), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.70.0), libgtk-4-1 (>= 4.6), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.6.0), libmalcontent-0-0 (>= 0.6.0), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (>= 1.2.5), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.52.0), libxmlb2 (>= 0.3.2)
Recommends: fwupd
Suggests: apt-config-icons-hidpi, gnome-software-plugin-flatpak, gnome-software-plugin-snap
Conflicts: sessioninstaller
Size: 622676
SHA256: 384f2f2c779b210035f404c584246c53f3ac862ca16c66141b1635b977a2938d
SHA1: 8a9883c0556461958d15b43cfe05839ef077200c
MD5sum: 63c3cc1c0c2af2d74a5f70d8f66b5a45
Description: Software Center for GNOME
Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.
.
Software uses a plugin architecture to separate the frontend from the
technologies that are used underneath. Currently, a PackageKit plugin provides
data from a number of traditional packaging systems, such as rpm or apt. An
appdata plugin provides additional metadata from locally installed data in the
appdata format.
Description-md5: c18037138f62996f54244e20a5eee15b
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, uitoolkit::gtk
Section: gnome
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-software/gnome-software_43~rc-2_amd64.deb
4. References on Kali Linux
5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions
gnome-software (3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.15) Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
gnome-software (3.20.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.13) Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
gnome-software (3.38.1-1) Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)
gnome-software (3.38.0-2build1) Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)
gnome-software (40.4-1build1) Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
gnome-software (3.34.2-5.7.20) openSUSE Leap
gnome-software (41.2-1.1) openSuSE Tumbleweed
gnome-software (41.5-2ubuntu2) Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
gnome-software (3.30.6-5) Debian 10 (Buster)
How To Install gnome-software on Kali Linux
In this guide, we’ll discuss How To Install gnome-software on Kali Linux. Also, we will demonstrate how to uninstall and update gnome-software .
One-liner install command
For those in a hurry, here’s a one-line installation command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install gnome-software
But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.
What is gnome-software and what are the ways to install it?
Short description: Software Center for GNOME
Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Kali Linux. This guide was written specifically with a server running Kali Linux in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.
Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.
There are several ways to install gnome-software on Kali Linux. You can use (links are clickable):
In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.
Install gnome-software using apt-get
First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
After updating apt-get database, You can install gnome-software using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-software
Install gnome-software using apt
Because gnome-software is available in Kali Linux’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.
To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.
After updating apt database, You can install gnome-software using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-software
Install gnome-software using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
After updating aptitude database, You can install gnome-software by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-software
How to upgrade (update) a single package gnome-software using apt-get?
First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:
Next, to upgrade only the gnome-software, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:
sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install gnome-software
Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn’t exist you may leave out —only-upgrade part.
It’s Good to Know:
sudo apt-get install gnome-software
This will upgrade the package even if is already installed.
How To Uninstall gnome-software from Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gnome-software package you can execute the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-software
Uninstall gnome-software and all its dependencies
To uninstall gnome-software and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, you can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-software
Remove gnome-software with all configurations and data
To remove gnome-software configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-software
Remove gnome-software completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)
And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to gnome-software package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-software
Extra info and code examples
Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions. Software uses a plugin architecture to separate the frontend from the technologies that are used underneath. Currently, a PackageKit plugin provides data from a number of traditional packaging systems, such as rpm or apt. An appdata plugin provides additional metadata from locally installed data in the appdata format.
- Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
- Sources url:https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software
- Section/Category:gnome
Conclusion
You now have a full guide on how to install gnome-software using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the gnome-software from Kali Linux.