How To Install iwidgets4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwidgets4 on Kali Linux.

What is iwidgets4

iwidgets4 is:

[incr Widgets] (or iwidgets) is an object-oriented “mega-widget” set, or collection of high-level user-interface components, based on the popular Tk toolkit and the itcl/itk OO framework. Iwidgets contains over 50 ready-to-use mega-widgets including calendar, canvasprintdialog, combobox, fileselectiondialog, hyperhelp, notebook, radiobox, spinner, and many more.

There are three methods to install iwidgets4 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 iwidgets4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install iwidgets4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install iwidgets4

Install iwidgets4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install iwidgets4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install iwidgets4

Install iwidgets4 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 iwidgets4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iwidgets4

How To Uninstall iwidgets4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the iwidgets4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove iwidgets4

Uninstall iwidgets4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall iwidgets4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iwidgets4

Remove iwidgets4 Configurations and Data

To remove iwidgets4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge iwidgets4

Remove iwidgets4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove iwidgets4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iwidgets4

Dependencies

iwidgets4 have the following dependencies:

• itk3

References

• iwidgets4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwidgets4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.