How To Install libxaw-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxaw-doc on Kali Linux. libxaw-doc is X11 Athena Widget library (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxaw-doc on Kali Linux.

What is libxaw-doc

libxaw-doc is:

Xaw, the Athena Widgets toolkit, is largely used by legacy X applications.

This package contains the documentation for the Xaw library.

There are three methods to install libxaw-doc 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 libxaw-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxaw-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxaw-doc

Install libxaw-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxaw-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxaw-doc

Install libxaw-doc 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 libxaw-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxaw-doc

How To Uninstall libxaw-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxaw-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxaw-doc

Uninstall libxaw-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxaw-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxaw-doc

Remove libxaw-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libxaw-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxaw-doc

Remove libxaw-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxaw-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxaw-doc

Dependencies

libxaw-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxaw-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.