How To Install aewm++ on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is aewm++

aewm++ is:

aewm++ is a minimal window manager for X11, based on aewm. It keeps aewm’s minimalist look and feel but is written in C++, and adds some modern features like virtual desktops. GNOME EWMH hints have been removed in this release, because upstream wants to focus on making the code stable and minimalistic.

This package used to include appbar, aewm++_fspanel, setrootimage and aewm++_xsession; these can now be found in the aewm++-goodies package.

There are three methods to install aewm++ 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++ 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++ using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install aewm++

Install aewm++ Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aewm++

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

sudo aptitude -y install aewm++

How To Uninstall aewm++ on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove aewm++

Uninstall aewm++ And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aewm++

Remove aewm++ Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge aewm++

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

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

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

Dependencies

aewm++ have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• aewm++ website

Summary

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