How To Install blackbox on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blackbox on Kali Linux.
What is blackbox
blackbox is:
This is a window manager for X. It is similar in many respects to such popular packages as Window Maker, Enlightenment, and FVWM2. You might be interested in this package if you are tired of window managers that are a heavy drain on your system resources, but you still want an attractive and modern-looking interface.
The best part of all is that this program is coded in C++, so it is even more attractive “under the hood” than it is in service – no small feat.
If none of this sounds familiar to you, or you want your computer to look like Microsoft Windows or Apple’s OS X, you probably don’t want this package.
There are three methods to install blackbox 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 blackbox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install blackbox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blackboxInstall blackbox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install blackbox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blackboxInstall blackbox 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install blackbox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blackboxHow To Uninstall blackbox on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the blackbox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blackboxUninstall blackbox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blackbox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blackboxRemove blackbox Configurations and Data
To remove blackbox configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blackboxRemove blackbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blackbox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blackboxDependencies
blackbox have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blackbox package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.