How To Install alttab on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is alttab

alttab is:

alttab provides convenient visual interface and switching on releasing Alt, not on pressing Tab key. Being lightweight and depending only on basic X11 libs, it still features customizable look and behaviour.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install alttab

Install alttab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install alttab

Install alttab 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 alttab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install alttab

How To Uninstall alttab on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove alttab

Uninstall alttab And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove alttab

Remove alttab Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge alttab

Remove alttab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alttab

Dependencies

alttab have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpng16-16
• libx11-6
• libxft2
• libxpm4
• libxrandr2

References

• alttab website

Summary

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