How To Install wdisplays on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wdisplays

wdisplays is:

wdisplays is a graphical application for configuring displays in Wayland compositors. It borrows some code from kanshi. It should work in any compositor that implements the wlr-output-management-unstable-v1 protocol, including sway. The goal of this project is to allow precise adjustment of display settings in kiosks, digital signage, and other elaborate multi-monitor setups.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wdisplays

Install wdisplays Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wdisplays

Install wdisplays 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 wdisplays using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wdisplays

How To Uninstall wdisplays on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wdisplays

Uninstall wdisplays And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wdisplays

Remove wdisplays Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wdisplays

Remove wdisplays configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wdisplays

Dependencies

wdisplays have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libepoxy0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libwayland-client0

References

• wdisplays website

Summary

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