How To Install wmbattery on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmbattery on Kali Linux.
What is wmbattery
wmbattery is:
wmbattery displays the status of your laptop’s battery in a small icon. This includes if it is plugged in, if the battery is charging, how many minutes of battery life remain, and battery status (high - green, low - yellow, or critical - red).
There’s nothing in the program that makes it require WindowMaker, except maybe the look. It can be docked in WindowMaker or AfterStep’s dock.
wmbattery supports multi-battery machines, and can estimate how long it will take the battery to finish charging or discharging.
There are three methods to install wmbattery 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 wmbattery Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install wmbattery using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmbatteryInstall wmbattery Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install wmbattery using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmbatteryInstall wmbattery 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 wmbattery using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmbatteryHow To Uninstall wmbattery on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the wmbattery package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmbatteryUninstall wmbattery And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmbattery and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmbatteryRemove wmbattery Configurations and Data
To remove wmbattery configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmbatteryRemove wmbattery configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmbattery configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmbatteryDependencies
wmbattery have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmbattery package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.