How To Install aewm++-goodies on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aewm++-goodies on Kali Linux.

What is aewm++-goodies

aewm++-goodies is:

These utilities were previously supplied with aewm++; they are intended to provide some of the typical desktop functionality that aewm++ itself does not include. This package provides:

• aewm++_appbar: a small application launcher
• aewm++_fspanel: a very small panel
• aewm++_setrootimage: draws a gradient on the X root window
• aewm++_xsession: keeps an X session alive Note that some of these were named differently in previous releases.

There are three methods to install aewm++-goodies 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 aewm++-goodies Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aewm++-goodies

Install aewm++-goodies Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aewm++-goodies using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aewm++-goodies

Install aewm++-goodies 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 aewm++-goodies using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aewm++-goodies

How To Uninstall aewm++-goodies on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the aewm++-goodies package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aewm++-goodies

Uninstall aewm++-goodies And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aewm++-goodies

Remove aewm++-goodies Configurations and Data

To remove aewm++-goodies configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aewm++-goodies

Remove aewm++-goodies configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove aewm++-goodies configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aewm++-goodies

Dependencies

aewm++-goodies have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• aewm++-goodies website

Summary

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