How to Install and Uninstall nitrogen Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "nitrogen" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install nitrogen on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nitrogen
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nitrogen" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall nitrogen on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nitrogen
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nitrogen package on Kali Linux

Package: nitrogen
Source: nitrogen (1.6.1-2)
Version: 1.6.1-2+b2
Installed-Size: 536
Maintainer: Stefan Schörghofer
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.24.0), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.64.2), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 1:2.24.0), libpangomm-1.4-1v5 (>= 2.42.0), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.8.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-6, libxinerama1
Size: 177748
SHA256: 82d5fa260ca5dc73ae4454f08c33241e456725683355414a62233fe2a1763307
SHA1: b626f3b326858076dba8bf74ff4e8e3b1d2f2cda
MD5sum: 967ca063aa06bf29ce3e942413e91e80
Description: wallpaper browser and changing utility for X
nitrogen is a graphical wallpaper utility that can be used in two
modes, browser and recall.
Some of the things to look for in nitrogen are:
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* Multihead and Xinerama support (setting
different wallpapers for each monitor)
* Recall mode to restore wallpapers via startup script
* Uses freedesktop.org standard for thumbnails
* Can set GNOME background
* Command line set modes for script usage
* Inotify monitoring of browsed directories
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::gtk, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nitrogen/nitrogen_1.6.1-2+b2_amd64.deb