How To Install hydrapaper on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install hydrapaper on Kali Linux. hydrapaper is Utility that sets background independently for each monitor

Introduction

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

What is hydrapaper

hydrapaper is:

HydraPaper is a GTK-based utility that sets background images for multiple monitor desktops independently.

It works by merging multiple wallpaper images into one and setting the result as wallpaper with the “Spanned” option.

It is based on the GNOME 3 Desktop but officially supports MATE and Budgie as well, and should work on any GNOME-based desktop like Pantheon.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hydrapaper

Install hydrapaper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hydrapaper

Install hydrapaper 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 hydrapaper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hydrapaper

How To Uninstall hydrapaper on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove hydrapaper

Uninstall hydrapaper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hydrapaper

Remove hydrapaper Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hydrapaper

Remove hydrapaper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hydrapaper

Dependencies

hydrapaper have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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