How To Install obconf on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is obconf

obconf is:

ObConf is a small graphical utility which configures the window manager Openbox’ preferences and configuration settings on the fly.

If you are an Openbox user, you may want this package.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install obconf

Install obconf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install obconf

Install obconf 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 obconf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install obconf

How To Uninstall obconf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove obconf

Uninstall obconf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove obconf

Remove obconf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge obconf

Remove obconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obconf

Dependencies

obconf have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo-gobject2
• libcairo2
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libice6

References

• obconf website

Summary

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