Kali Linux:An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook
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How to do it...

To configure the KDE environment follow the given steps:

  1. We use the following command to install KDE:
        apt-get install kali-defaults kali-root-login desktop-base
kde-plasma-desktop

The following screenshot shows the output for the preceding command:

  1. Type Y when it asks for confirmation on additional space requirements.
  2. Click OK on both the windows that pop up.
  3. When the installation is complete we open a Terminal window and type the following command:
        update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

The following screenshot shows the output for the preceding command:

  1. Choose the option KDE session (in our case 2) and press Enter.
  2. Log out and log in again and we will see the KDE environment:
Kali already has provided prebuilt images of different desktop environments. These can be downloaded from here: https://www.kali.org/downloads/.