How To Install gkrellmwireless on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gkrellmwireless

gkrellmwireless is:

This GKrellM plugin allows you to monitor the status of an 802.11 wireless ethernet link.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gkrellmwireless

Install gkrellmwireless Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gkrellmwireless

Install gkrellmwireless 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 gkrellmwireless using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gkrellmwireless

How To Uninstall gkrellmwireless on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gkrellmwireless

Uninstall gkrellmwireless And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrellmwireless

Remove gkrellmwireless Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gkrellmwireless

Remove gkrellmwireless configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrellmwireless

Dependencies

gkrellmwireless have the following dependencies:

• gkrellm
• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpangoft2-1.0-0

References

• gkrellmwireless website

Summary

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