How To Install gkrelluim on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrelluim on Kali Linux.
What is gkrelluim
gkrelluim is:
A GKrellM plugin for an input method module library uim. It allows you to monitor and configure uim on GKrellM.
You can watch uim conversion status on GKrellM panel and change uim conversion mode on GKrellM button. In addition, you can launch uim related tools on it.
There are three methods to install gkrelluim 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 gkrelluim Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gkrelluim using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gkrelluimInstall gkrelluim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gkrelluim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gkrelluimInstall gkrelluim 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 gkrelluim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gkrelluimHow To Uninstall gkrelluim on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gkrelluim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gkrelluimUninstall gkrelluim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gkrelluim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrelluimRemove gkrelluim Configurations and Data
To remove gkrelluim configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gkrelluimRemove gkrelluim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gkrelluim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrelluimDependencies
gkrelluim 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
- libuim-scm0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrelluim package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.