How To Install vala-panel-plugins-wnck on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vala-panel-plugins-wnck on Kali Linux.
What is vala-panel-plugins-wnck
vala-panel-plugins-wnck is:
Vala Panel is a rewrite of SimplePanel. It is a GTK+ 3 desktop panel written in Vala and based on ideas from LXPanel.
This package contains X11 plugins for vala-panel: tasklist, system tray, and others.
There are three methods to install vala-panel-plugins-wnck 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 vala-panel-plugins-wnck Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vala-panel-plugins-wnck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vala-panel-plugins-wnckInstall vala-panel-plugins-wnck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vala-panel-plugins-wnck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vala-panel-plugins-wnckInstall vala-panel-plugins-wnck 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 vala-panel-plugins-wnck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vala-panel-plugins-wnckHow To Uninstall vala-panel-plugins-wnck on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the vala-panel-plugins-wnck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vala-panel-plugins-wnckUninstall vala-panel-plugins-wnck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vala-panel-plugins-wnck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vala-panel-plugins-wnckRemove vala-panel-plugins-wnck Configurations and Data
To remove vala-panel-plugins-wnck configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vala-panel-plugins-wnckRemove vala-panel-plugins-wnck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vala-panel-plugins-wnck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vala-panel-plugins-wnckDependencies
vala-panel-plugins-wnck have the following dependencies:
- vala-panel
- libx11-6
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libvalapanel0
- libwnck-3-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vala-panel-plugins-wnck package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.