How To Install unagi on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unagi on Kali Linux.
What is unagi
unagi is:
Unagi is a modular compositing manager which aims to be efficient, lightweight and responsive. It is currently written in C programming language and based on XCB library client library. Any existing window manager (such as Awesome) can be used as long as it implements properly EWMH and ICCCM specifications (or at least needed), which is generally the case nowadays.
It also aims to provide a functional and stable software to improve window manager usability from an end-user point of view (for instance windows translucency, application-switcher using live thumbnails instead of plain icons, Expos?…), therefore it does not intend at all to provide useless eye-candy effects.
There are three methods to install unagi 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 unagi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install unagi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unagiInstall unagi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install unagi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unagiInstall unagi 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 unagi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unagiHow To Uninstall unagi on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the unagi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unagiUninstall unagi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unagi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unagiRemove unagi Configurations and Data
To remove unagi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unagiRemove unagi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unagi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unagiDependencies
unagi have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unagi package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
