How To Install libwnck-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck-common on Kali Linux.

What is libwnck-common

libwnck-common is:

A library to use for writing pagers and task lists. This version of libwnck provides WNCK for GTK-2 based applications.

This package contains internationalization files.

There are three methods to install libwnck-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 libwnck-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwnck-common

Install libwnck-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwnck-common

Install libwnck-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libwnck-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwnck-common

How To Uninstall libwnck-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwnck-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwnck-common

Uninstall libwnck-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwnck-common

Remove libwnck-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libwnck-common

Remove libwnck-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwnck-common

Dependencies

libwnck-common have the following dependencies:

References

• libwnck-common website

Summary

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