How to Install and Uninstall xdg-utils Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "xdg-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install xdg-utils on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xdg-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xdg-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall xdg-utils on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xdg-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xdg-utils package on Kali Linux

Package: xdg-utils
Version: 1.1.3-4.1
Installed-Size: 329
Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Architecture: all
Recommends: libfile-mimeinfo-perl, libnet-dbus-perl, libx11-protocol-perl, x11-utils, x11-xserver-utils
Size: 75496
SHA256: 0e31caa8c34643f7eedb4d373ee61943c09061275b5fa727524fc568d0a9e332
SHA1: 29df8396c52e26ea93d1495441677f4c4c22ac76
MD5sum: 641eec1cbdf4855309cbcf7e073f5a81
Description: desktop integration utilities from freedesktop.org
xdg-utils contains utilities for integrating applications with the
desktop environment, regardless of which desktop environment is used.
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The following utilities are included:
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* xdg-desktop-menu - Install desktop menu items
* xdg-desktop-icon - Install icons on the user's desktop
* xdg-email - Compose a new email in the user's preferred email client,
potentially with subject and other info filled in
* xdg-icon-resource - Install icon resources
* xdg-mime - Query and install MIME types and associations
* xdg-open - Open a URI in the user's preferred application that
handles the respective URI or file type
* xdg-screensaver - Enable, disable, or suspend the screensaver
* xdg-settings - Get or set the default web browser and URI handlers
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-utils/
Tag: devel::runtime, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xdg-utils/xdg-utils_1.1.3-4.1_all.deb