How To Install wmacpi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmacpi on Kali Linux. wmacpi is ACPI battery monitor for WindowMaker

Introduction

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

What is wmacpi

wmacpi is:

This is a battery monitor that uses ACPI to query the battery status. This version should work with all recent kernels (vanilla > 2.4.21), both 2.4.x and 2.6.x.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmacpi

Install wmacpi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmacpi

Install wmacpi 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 wmacpi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmacpi

How To Uninstall wmacpi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmacpi

Uninstall wmacpi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmacpi

Remove wmacpi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmacpi

Remove wmacpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmacpi

Dependencies

wmacpi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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