How To Install libmetacity3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetacity3 on Kali Linux.

What is libmetacity3

libmetacity3 is:

Metacity is a small window manager, using GTK+ to do everything.

As the author says, metacity is a “Boring window manager for the adult in you. Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios.”

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libmetacity3 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 libmetacity3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmetacity3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmetacity3

Install libmetacity3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmetacity3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmetacity3

Install libmetacity3 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 libmetacity3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmetacity3

How To Uninstall libmetacity3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmetacity3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmetacity3

Uninstall libmetacity3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmetacity3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmetacity3

Remove libmetacity3 Configurations and Data

To remove libmetacity3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmetacity3

Remove libmetacity3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmetacity3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmetacity3

Dependencies

libmetacity3 have the following dependencies:

• metacity-common

References

• libmetacity3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetacity3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.