How To Install imwheel on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is imwheel

imwheel is:

Many mice have side or “thumb” buttons that see limited use in Linux, as well as a wheel that is not used by many older applications.

IMWheel supports these non-standard buttons and/or wheel operations by allowing the user to map their input to specific key combinations depending on the application in use.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install imwheel

Install imwheel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install imwheel

Install imwheel 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 imwheel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install imwheel

How To Uninstall imwheel on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove imwheel

Uninstall imwheel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove imwheel

Remove imwheel Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge imwheel

Remove imwheel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge imwheel

Dependencies

imwheel have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6
• libxmu6
• libxtst6

References

• imwheel website

Summary

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