How To Install enlightenment on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install enlightenment on Kali Linux.
What is enlightenment
enlightenment is:
Enlightenment is an advanced window manager for X11. Unique features include: a fully animated background, nice drop shadows around windows, backed by an extremely clean and optimized foundation of APIs.
This package contains the core files for Enlightenment.
There are three methods to install enlightenment 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 enlightenment Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install enlightenment using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install enlightenmentInstall enlightenment Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install enlightenment using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install enlightenmentInstall enlightenment 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install enlightenment using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install enlightenmentHow To Uninstall enlightenment on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the enlightenment package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove enlightenmentUninstall enlightenment And Its Dependencies
To uninstall enlightenment and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove enlightenmentRemove enlightenment Configurations and Data
To remove enlightenment configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge enlightenmentRemove enlightenment configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove enlightenment configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge enlightenmentDependencies
enlightenment have the following dependencies:
- default-dbus-session-bus
- enlightenment-data
- libedje-bin
- libevas1-engines-drm
- libevas1-engines-wayland
- libevas1-engines-x
- libasound2
- libbluetooth3
- libc6
- libecore-con1
- libecore-drm2-1
- libecore-evas1
- libecore-file1
- libecore-input1
- libecore-ipc1
- libecore-wl2-1
- libecore-x1
- libecore1
- libedje1
- libeet1
- libeeze1
- libefreet-bin
- libefreet1a
- libeina1a
- libeio1
- libelementary1
- libelput1
- libemile1
- libemotion1
- libevas1
- libpam0g
- libpulse0
- libuuid1
- libwayland-client0
- libwayland-server0
- libxkbcommon0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install enlightenment package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.