How To Install devilspie on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is devilspie

devilspie is:

This tool will find windows as they are created and perform actions on them, such as resizing, moving to another workspace, or pinning them to all workspaces.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install devilspie

Install devilspie Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install devilspie

Install devilspie 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 devilspie using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install devilspie

How To Uninstall devilspie on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove devilspie

Uninstall devilspie And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove devilspie

Remove devilspie Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge devilspie

Remove devilspie configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge devilspie

Dependencies

devilspie have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libwnck-3-0
• libx11-6

References

• devilspie website

Summary

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