How To Install gworkspace.app on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gworkspace.app on Kali Linux.
What is gworkspace.app
gworkspace.app is:
GWorkspace is the official GNUstep workspace manager. It is a clone of NeXT’s workspace manager. GWorkspace is probably one of the most useful and usable workspace managers available on any platform, owing to its well-designed interface and the natural, consistent design that it inherits from the GNUstep framework.
There are three methods to install gworkspace.app 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 gworkspace.app Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gworkspace.app using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gworkspace.appInstall gworkspace.app Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gworkspace.app using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gworkspace.appInstall gworkspace.app 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 gworkspace.app using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gworkspace.appHow To Uninstall gworkspace.app on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gworkspace.app package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gworkspace.appUninstall gworkspace.app And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gworkspace.app and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gworkspace.appRemove gworkspace.app Configurations and Data
To remove gworkspace.app configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gworkspace.appRemove gworkspace.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gworkspace.app configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gworkspace.appDependencies
gworkspace.app have the following dependencies:
- gworkspace-common
- gnustep-back0.28
- gnustep-base-runtime
- gnustep-gui-runtime
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libgnustep-base1.27
- libgnustep-gui0.28
- libobjc4
- libpopplerkit0
- libsqlite3-0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gworkspace.app package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.