How To Install bwidget on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bwidget

bwidget is:

The BWidget toolkit is a high-level widget set for Tcl/Tk. It contains widgets such as progress bars, 3D separators, various manager widgets for top levels, frames, paned or scrolled windows, button boxes, notebooks or dialogs as well as composite widgets such as combo boxes, spin boxes and tree widgets.

The BWidget toolkit is completely written in Tcl so no compiled extension library is required.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bwidget

Install bwidget Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bwidget

Install bwidget 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 bwidget using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bwidget

How To Uninstall bwidget on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bwidget

Uninstall bwidget And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bwidget

Remove bwidget Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bwidget

Remove bwidget configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bwidget

Dependencies

bwidget have the following dependencies:

• tk

References

• bwidget website

Summary

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