How To Install wmcliphist on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wmcliphist

wmcliphist is:

wmcliphist is a dockable application for Window Maker. It keeps a history of clipboard operations and allows you to put previously copied items back to clipboard for pasting to other applications.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmcliphist

Install wmcliphist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmcliphist

Install wmcliphist 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 wmcliphist using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmcliphist

How To Uninstall wmcliphist on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmcliphist

Uninstall wmcliphist And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmcliphist

Remove wmcliphist Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmcliphist

Remove wmcliphist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmcliphist

Dependencies

wmcliphist have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libx11-6

References

• wmcliphist website

Summary

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