How To Install wl-clipboard on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wl-clipboard on Kali Linux. wl-clipboard is command line interface to the wayland clipboard

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wl-clipboard on Kali Linux.

What is wl-clipboard

wl-clipboard is:

wl-clipboard implements two little Wayland clipboard utilities, wl-copy and wl-paste, that let you easily copy data between the clipboard and Unix pipes, sockets or files.

There are three methods to install wl-clipboard 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 wl-clipboard Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wl-clipboard

Install wl-clipboard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wl-clipboard

Install wl-clipboard 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 wl-clipboard using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wl-clipboard

How To Uninstall wl-clipboard on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wl-clipboard package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wl-clipboard

Uninstall wl-clipboard And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wl-clipboard

Remove wl-clipboard Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wl-clipboard

Remove wl-clipboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wl-clipboard

Dependencies

wl-clipboard have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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