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:
References
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
.