How To Install wmbutton on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wmbutton

wmbutton is:

Wmbutton displays nine buttons which can be configured through a config file. Each button can be assigned up to three commands (one per mouse button). It is intended as a dockapp for X window managers such as Window Maker (wmaker package), AfterStep, BlackBox, and Enlightenment.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmbutton

Install wmbutton Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmbutton

Install wmbutton 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 wmbutton using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmbutton

How To Uninstall wmbutton on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmbutton

Uninstall wmbutton And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmbutton

Remove wmbutton Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmbutton

Remove wmbutton configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmbutton

Dependencies

wmbutton have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6
• libxext6
• libxpm4

References

• wmbutton website

Summary

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