How To Install budgie-window-shuffler on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install budgie-window-shuffler on Kali Linux. budgie-window-shuffler is Keyboard and GUI friendly window-tiling capability

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install budgie-window-shuffler on Kali Linux.

What is budgie-window-shuffler

budgie-window-shuffler is:

Budgie-Desktop is a GTK+ based desktop environment which focuses on simplicity and elegance. It provides a traditional desktop metaphor based interface utilising customisable panel based menu driven system. Budgie-Desktop is written from scratch utilising many GNOME based sub-systems such as GNOME-Session and Mutter.

The window shuffler is an easy to use windows tiling capability driven primarily through the keyboard to place and move window in a grid format.

Windows can be easily quarter, half-tiled & maximized. Windows can be moved within a user defined grid and intelligently switches window positions where necessary.

There are three methods to install budgie-window-shuffler 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-window-shuffler Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install budgie-window-shuffler

Install budgie-window-shuffler Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install budgie-window-shuffler using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install budgie-window-shuffler

Install budgie-window-shuffler 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 budgie-window-shuffler using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install budgie-window-shuffler

How To Uninstall budgie-window-shuffler on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the budgie-window-shuffler package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove budgie-window-shuffler

Uninstall budgie-window-shuffler And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove budgie-window-shuffler

Remove budgie-window-shuffler Configurations and Data

To remove budgie-window-shuffler configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge budgie-window-shuffler

Remove budgie-window-shuffler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove budgie-window-shuffler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge budgie-window-shuffler

Dependencies

budgie-window-shuffler have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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