How To Install wofi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wofi on Kali Linux. wofi is application launcher for wlroots based wayland compositors

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wofi on Kali Linux.

What is wofi

wofi is:

wofi is an application launcher and menu program for wlroots based wayland compositors such as sway. It brings support for three built-in modes:

  • drun - launch XDG Desktop files
  • run - launch executables from $PATH
  • dmenu - dmenu-compatabile mode to read lines from stdin

Wofi is easily themeable with the help of CSS style sheets.

There are three methods to install wofi 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 wofi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wofi

Install wofi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wofi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wofi

Install wofi 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 wofi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wofi

How To Uninstall wofi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wofi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wofi

Uninstall wofi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wofi

Remove wofi Configurations and Data

To remove wofi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wofi

Remove wofi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wofi

Dependencies

wofi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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