How To Install kwin-addons on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwin-addons on Kali Linux.

What is kwin-addons

kwin-addons is:

This package contains additional KWin desktop and window switchers shipped in the Plasma 5 addons module.

This package is part of the KDE Plasma addons module.

There are three methods to install kwin-addons 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 kwin-addons Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kwin-addons

Install kwin-addons Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kwin-addons

Install kwin-addons 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 kwin-addons using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kwin-addons

How To Uninstall kwin-addons on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kwin-addons package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kwin-addons

Uninstall kwin-addons And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kwin-addons

Remove kwin-addons Configurations and Data

To remove kwin-addons configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kwin-addons

Remove kwin-addons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kwin-addons

Dependencies

kwin-addons have the following dependencies:

• kdeplasma-addons-data

References

• kwin-addons website

Summary

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