How To Install i3-gaps on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install i3-gaps
on Kali Linux.
What is i3-gaps
i3-gaps is:
This metapackage installs the i3-gaps window manager (i3-gaps-wm), the i3lock-color screen locker, i3status (for system information) and suckless-tools (for dmenu). These are all the tools you need to use the i3-gaps window manager efficiently.
There are three methods to install i3-gaps
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install i3-gaps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install i3-gaps
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install i3-gaps
Install i3-gaps Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install i3-gaps
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install i3-gaps
Install i3-gaps Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install i3-gaps
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install i3-gaps
How To Uninstall i3-gaps on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the i3-gaps
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove i3-gaps
Uninstall i3-gaps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall i3-gaps
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove i3-gaps
Remove i3-gaps Configurations and Data
To remove i3-gaps
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge i3-gaps
Remove i3-gaps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove i3-gaps
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge i3-gaps
Dependencies
i3-gaps have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install i3-gaps
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.