How To Install compizconfig-settings-manager on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compizconfig-settings-manager on Kali Linux.

What is compizconfig-settings-manager

compizconfig-settings-manager is:

Compiz Reloaded is the result of the re-unification of the Beryl-project and the community around the Compiz Window Manager. It seeks to provide an easy and fun-to-use windowing environment, allowing use of the graphics hardware to provide impressive effects, amazing speed and unrivalled usefulness.

This package provides python-based “settings manager”, a graphical interface used to administer the various options for the compiz system.

There are three methods to install compizconfig-settings-manager 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 compizconfig-settings-manager Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install compizconfig-settings-manager

Install compizconfig-settings-manager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install compizconfig-settings-manager using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install compizconfig-settings-manager

Install compizconfig-settings-manager 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 compizconfig-settings-manager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install compizconfig-settings-manager

How To Uninstall compizconfig-settings-manager on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the compizconfig-settings-manager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove compizconfig-settings-manager

Uninstall compizconfig-settings-manager And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove compizconfig-settings-manager

Remove compizconfig-settings-manager Configurations and Data

To remove compizconfig-settings-manager configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge compizconfig-settings-manager

Remove compizconfig-settings-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove compizconfig-settings-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge compizconfig-settings-manager

Dependencies

compizconfig-settings-manager have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• compizconfig-settings-manager website

Summary

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