How To Install fvwm1 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fvwm1
on Kali Linux.
What is fvwm1
fvwm1 is:
This package contains the old version of the FVWM windows manager. It is no longer supported upstream, having been replaced by FVWM 2, and so no non-Debian-related bugs will be fixed unless someone else provides a patch.
You probably only want to use this package instead of the fvwm package if you know what you are doing or have very specific requirements.
FVWM is a fairly small window manager which provides a three-dimensional appearance and a virtual desktop, complete with colour icons.
You will need to install the fvwm-common package if you want the xpmroot command and some icons, along with manual pages for the modules.
There are three methods to install fvwm1
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 fvwm1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install fvwm1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install fvwm1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install fvwm1
using apt
by running the following command:
Install fvwm1 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.
After updating apt database, We can install fvwm1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall fvwm1 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fvwm1
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall fvwm1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fvwm1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove fvwm1 Configurations and Data
To remove fvwm1
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove fvwm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fvwm1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
fvwm1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fvwm1
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.