Kali terminal has changed

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Hi everyone,

I don’t know why, or what I did, but my kali 2024 terminal has changed. I don’t like it at all.

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How can I switch to the old one? It was like this:

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Thanks

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That’s just your terminal emulator. Look up how to change it, and which one kali uses currently that you are fond of and then proceed to use that.

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They appear to be two different applications. Select qterminal from the menu and if it’s what you’re looking for, go to settings and make sure the default terminal emulator is qterminal.

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sudo cp /usr/share/qtermwidget5/color-schemes/{Kali-Dark.colorscheme,Kali-Light.colorscheme} /usr/share/qtermwidget6/color-schemes/

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The post directly above yours.

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Of course I tried that command. But I have problem with that. I solve it by myself. Thanks :wink:

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Part of the point of a fourum is to share any fixes you have for your own problems, to help anyone who later searches for the same issue, and can see what worked!

You solved it yourself, great, how did you solve it, what did you do?
Even if it seems a simple fix, information is best!

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if someone comes looking for a solution
sudo cp /usr/share/qtermwidget5/color-schemes/* /usr/share/qtermwidget6/color-schemes/

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I have tried lots of stuff but it didn’t work.The new terminal looks pretty bad. I need the old terminal look, as the OP shared (2nd picture). I executed:
sudo cp /usr/share/qtermwidget5/color-schemes/* /usr/share/qtermwidget6/color-schemes/
but nothing changed. I am even unable to change the font type using the Preferences, it sometimes save, sometimes it doesn’t. Can someone help how to fix and revert back to the old kali terminal?

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Simply do this:

sudo apt update

sudo apt full-upgrade -y

Then, restart your terminal

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i am also facing the same problem and i tried the suggested solution , but its not useful in my case , can anybody suggest something else ?

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The problem is that the kali is call the xterm (terminal simulator), to fix you can install the gnome terminal:

sudo apt install gnome-terminal

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Fix it with this:

cp /usr/share/qtermwidget6/color-schemes/Kali-Dark.colorscheme /usr/share/qtermwidget5/color-schemes/

Then restart QTerminal and you will have the dark theme available again.