How To Install unclutter-xfixes on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unclutter-xfixes on Kali Linux.

What is unclutter-xfixes

unclutter-xfixes is:

unclutter-xfixes is a rewrite of the popular tool unclutter, but using the x11-xfixes extension. It has fewer bugs when used with modern applications and window managers.

There are three methods to install unclutter-xfixes 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 unclutter-xfixes Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install unclutter-xfixes

Install unclutter-xfixes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install unclutter-xfixes

Install unclutter-xfixes 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 unclutter-xfixes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unclutter-xfixes

How To Uninstall unclutter-xfixes on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the unclutter-xfixes package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unclutter-xfixes

Uninstall unclutter-xfixes And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unclutter-xfixes

Remove unclutter-xfixes Configurations and Data

To remove unclutter-xfixes configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge unclutter-xfixes

Remove unclutter-xfixes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unclutter-xfixes

Dependencies

unclutter-xfixes have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libev4

References

• unclutter-xfixes website

Summary

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