How To Install sawfish-lisp-source on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sawfish-lisp-source on Kali Linux.

What is sawfish-lisp-source

sawfish-lisp-source is:

This package contains the lisp source files in case you want to modify, study or debug the behaviour of the window manager.

It is not required for normal use of sawfish and not installing it will save space in small systems.

There are three methods to install sawfish-lisp-source 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 sawfish-lisp-source Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sawfish-lisp-source

Install sawfish-lisp-source Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sawfish-lisp-source using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sawfish-lisp-source

Install sawfish-lisp-source 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 sawfish-lisp-source using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sawfish-lisp-source

How To Uninstall sawfish-lisp-source on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the sawfish-lisp-source package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sawfish-lisp-source

Uninstall sawfish-lisp-source And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sawfish-lisp-source

Remove sawfish-lisp-source Configurations and Data

To remove sawfish-lisp-source configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sawfish-lisp-source

Remove sawfish-lisp-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sawfish-lisp-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sawfish-lisp-source

Dependencies

sawfish-lisp-source have the following dependencies:

• sawfish-data

References

• sawfish-lisp-source website

Summary

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