How To Install wmaker-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmaker-common on Kali Linux.

What is wmaker-common

wmaker-common is:

Written by Alfredo Kojima almost from scratch, resembles the NeXTStep look very closely, and it is now an official GNU project. Window Maker (originally named WindowMaker) is not overloaded with features, and it is easier to configure than most other window managers. Its final goal is to produce a window manager that doesn’t require editing of configuration files. Window Maker is fast and doesn’t require tons of memory to run.

This package contains the architecture independent files.

There are three methods to install wmaker-common 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 wmaker-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmaker-common

Install wmaker-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmaker-common

Install wmaker-common 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 wmaker-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmaker-common

How To Uninstall wmaker-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wmaker-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wmaker-common

Uninstall wmaker-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmaker-common

Remove wmaker-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmaker-common

Remove wmaker-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmaker-common

Dependencies

wmaker-common have the following dependencies:

References

• wmaker-common website

Summary

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