How To Install icewm-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icewm-common on Kali Linux.
What is icewm-common
icewm-common is:
IceWm is a Window Manager for X Window System. Can emulate the look of Windows'95, OS/2 Warp 3,4, Motif. Tries to take the best features of the above systems. Features multiple workspaces, opaque move/resize, task bar, window list, mailbox status, digital clock. Fast and small.
This package provides the common files for icewm, icewm-experimental and icewm-lite binary packages.
There are three methods to install icewm-common 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 icewm-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install icewm-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icewm-commonInstall icewm-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install icewm-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icewm-commonInstall icewm-common 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 icewm-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icewm-commonHow To Uninstall icewm-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the icewm-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icewm-commonUninstall icewm-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icewm-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icewm-commonRemove icewm-common Configurations and Data
To remove icewm-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icewm-commonRemove icewm-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icewm-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icewm-commonDependencies
icewm-common have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icewm-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.