How To Install gxkb on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gxkb on Kali Linux. gxkb is X11 keyboard indicator and switcher

Introduction

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

What is gxkb

gxkb is:

gxkb is a little indicator applet which allows one to quickly switch between different keyboard layouts in X. A flag corresponding to the country of the active layout is shown in the indicator area.

The applet is written in C and uses the GTK+ library and therefore does not depend on any GNOME components.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gxkb

Install gxkb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gxkb

Install gxkb 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 gxkb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gxkb

How To Uninstall gxkb on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gxkb

Uninstall gxkb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gxkb

Remove gxkb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gxkb

Remove gxkb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gxkb

Dependencies

gxkb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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