How To Install waybar on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install waybar on Kali Linux. waybar is Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors

Introduction

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

What is waybar

waybar is:

Waybar is a highly customizable wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors. It features applets displaying information about Sway (Workspaces, Binding mode, Focused window name), Local time, Battery, Network, Pulseaudio, Memory, Cpu load average and custom scripts

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install waybar

Install waybar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install waybar

Install waybar 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 waybar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install waybar

How To Uninstall waybar on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove waybar

Uninstall waybar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove waybar

Remove waybar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge waybar

Remove waybar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge waybar

Dependencies

waybar have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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