How To Install ukwm on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ukwm

ukwm is:

Ukwm is a small window manager, using GTK+ and Clutter to do everything.

Ukwm is the clutter-based evolution of Metacity, which, as the author says, is a “Boring window manager for the adult in you. Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios.”

This package contains the core binaries.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ukwm

Install ukwm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ukwm

Install ukwm 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 ukwm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ukwm

How To Uninstall ukwm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ukwm

Uninstall ukwm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ukwm

Remove ukwm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ukwm

Remove ukwm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ukwm

Dependencies

ukwm have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libukwm-1-0
• libx11-6
• libxcomposite1

References

• ukwm website

Summary

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