How To Install plasma-workspace-wayland on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-workspace-wayland on Kali Linux.
What is plasma-workspace-wayland
plasma-workspace-wayland is:
Plasma Workspace for KF5. Workspaces provide support for KDE Plasma Widgets, integrated search, hardware management and a high degree of customizability.
This package contains the Wayland session.
There are three methods to install plasma-workspace-wayland 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 plasma-workspace-wayland Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install plasma-workspace-wayland using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-workspace-waylandInstall plasma-workspace-wayland Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install plasma-workspace-wayland using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-workspace-waylandInstall plasma-workspace-wayland 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install plasma-workspace-wayland using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-workspace-waylandHow To Uninstall plasma-workspace-wayland on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the plasma-workspace-wayland package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-workspace-waylandUninstall plasma-workspace-wayland And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-workspace-wayland and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-workspace-waylandRemove plasma-workspace-wayland Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-workspace-wayland configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-workspace-waylandRemove plasma-workspace-wayland configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-workspace-wayland configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-workspace-waylandDependencies
plasma-workspace-wayland have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-workspace-wayland package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
