How To Install lswm on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lswm

lswm is:

CWiid is a working userspace driver along with various applications implementing event drivers, multiple wiimote connectivity, gesture recognition, and other Wiimote-based functionality.

This package provides an utility to discover new wiimotes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lswm

Install lswm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lswm

Install lswm 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 lswm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lswm

How To Uninstall lswm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lswm

Uninstall lswm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lswm

Remove lswm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lswm

Remove lswm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lswm

Dependencies

lswm have the following dependencies:

• libbluetooth3
• libc6
• libcwiid1

References

• lswm website

Summary

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