How To Install flwm on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install flwm on Kali Linux. flwm is Fast Light Window Manager

Introduction

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

What is flwm

flwm is:

Flwm is an attempt to combine the best ideas from several window managers. The primary influence and code base is from wm2 by Chris Cannam. Primary features copied from wm2 are:

  • Does not look like Windows.
  • Nifty sideways title bars.
  • No icons. You deiconify by picking off a pop-up menu. This means no space is wasted by icons.
  • Really small and fast code.

It is enhanced by the author’s own further nutty ideas:

  • Does not use shape extension, more standard resize handles.
  • Occupies as little screen space as possible. The border and titles are as thin as you could possibly make them. And maximized windows waste only 15 pixels horizontally and zero (count’em) pixels vertically!
  • Independent maximize buttons for width & height, close button.
  • Understands Motif, KDE, and GNOME window manager hints.
  • Multiple desktops, controlled from the same menu as the icons.

The recommended packages are needed to generate flwm’s application menus:

  • For the old style debian-specific menu: menu
  • For the FreeDesktop menu based on .desktop files: libfile-desktopentry-perl, libfile-which-perl, libpath-tiny-perl, libset-scalar-perl, and perl.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install flwm

Install flwm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install flwm

Install flwm 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 flwm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flwm

How To Uninstall flwm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove flwm

Uninstall flwm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flwm

Remove flwm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge flwm

Remove flwm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flwm

Dependencies

flwm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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