How To Install tmuxp on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tmuxp on Kali Linux. tmuxp is tmux session manager

Introduction

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

What is tmuxp

tmuxp is:

tmux session manager allowing both JSON and YAML configuration formats. Available features:

  • allows both simple and very elaborate configs
  • can store and load multiple sessions
  • can custom startup scripts (such as installing project dependencies before loading tmux)
  • session freezing: snapshot your current tmux layout, pane paths, and window/session names, and dump the result as a tmuxp configuration

This is a dependency package

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tmuxp

Install tmuxp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tmuxp

Install tmuxp 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 tmuxp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tmuxp

How To Uninstall tmuxp on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tmuxp

Uninstall tmuxp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tmuxp

Remove tmuxp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tmuxp

Remove tmuxp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tmuxp

Dependencies

tmuxp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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