How To Install budgie-previews on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install budgie-previews on Kali Linux.
What is budgie-previews
budgie-previews is:
This is part of a suite of python3 and Vala based applets & mini-apps created for the Budgie Desktop that provide additional user orientated capabilities. These can be used individually or as a set.
budgie-previews can be used on most desktop environments.
Previews shows an overview of windows in an expose like way.
There are three methods to install budgie-previews 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 budgie-previews Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install budgie-previews using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install budgie-previewsInstall budgie-previews Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install budgie-previews using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install budgie-previewsInstall budgie-previews 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 budgie-previews using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install budgie-previewsHow To Uninstall budgie-previews on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the budgie-previews package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove budgie-previewsUninstall budgie-previews And Its Dependencies
To uninstall budgie-previews and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove budgie-previewsRemove budgie-previews Configurations and Data
To remove budgie-previews configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge budgie-previewsRemove budgie-previews configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove budgie-previews configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge budgie-previewsDependencies
budgie-previews have the following dependencies:
- budgie-extras-daemon
- xinput
- xprintidle
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libwnck-3-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install budgie-previews package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.