How To Install phoc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install phoc on Kali Linux. phoc is Wayland compositor for mobile phones

Introduction

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

What is phoc

phoc is:

Tiny wayland compositor based on wlroots for use on mobile phones like the Librem 5.

You likely want to use Phosh (the phone shell) with it.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install phoc

Install phoc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phoc

Install phoc 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 phoc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phoc

How To Uninstall phoc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove phoc

Uninstall phoc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phoc

Remove phoc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge phoc

Remove phoc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phoc

Dependencies

phoc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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