How To Install libwnck-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck-dev on Kali Linux. libwnck-dev is Window Navigator Construction Kit - development files

Introduction

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

What is libwnck-dev

libwnck-dev is:

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

This package contains development files (include headers).

There are three methods to install libwnck-dev 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwnck-dev

Install libwnck-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwnck-dev

Install libwnck-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwnck-dev

How To Uninstall libwnck-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libwnck-dev

Uninstall libwnck-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwnck-dev

Remove libwnck-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libwnck-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libwnck-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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