Get Desktop icons on kali back post update (laest - 3-may-2020)

Get Desktop icons on kali back post update (laest - 3-may-2020)

Most of you have been wondering about desktop icons getting vanished on kali, when they can be viewed clearly in file explorer.

**NOTE for some users it didn't work therefore i included all the steps. it should work for all users now.

Don't Worry i have compiled a few steps which ll get your desktop icons back.

Cause of issue:

The issue started on GNOME 3.28 version  and persisted in 3.30 too.

it seems to be as an intended feature as of now.

So, either bypass with below method to get desktop icons back successfully, or adapt to the new changes.

Method:

• Go to terminal on kali and run the commands below:

         apt-get update
         apt-get upgrade
         apt-get autoclean
         apt-get autoremove
         apt-get dist-upgrade 
         apt-get install gnome-core kali-defaults kali-root-login desktop-base

• Now in terminal clone the repo below:

          git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons.git

       

• Now go to the cloned repo inside /root/desktop-icons
• open the terminal in the same window and leave it there for a while till we install dependencies.
• Now open another terminal and enter following scripts in it one by one.
• 
  

  python3 -m pip install meson

  python3 -m pip install ninja 

• Now that we installed dependencies go back to the previously opened terminal in /root/desktop-icons
• Type

        ./export-zip.sh

• Logout as a user and login again or alternatively restart your system.

             DONE !!!

      Comment if any issue persists.

       Thanks,