How To Install wmcube on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmcube on Kali Linux. wmcube is spinning 3D object that shows the current CPU load

Introduction

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

What is wmcube

wmcube is:

wmcube is a dockapp that displays a realtime rotating 3D object which indicates current CPU load. The higher the load, the faster the object spins. On SMP machines one instance can be run for each processor.

Originally wmcube could spin only a cube, hence the name.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmcube

Install wmcube Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmcube

Install wmcube 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 wmcube using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmcube

How To Uninstall wmcube on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmcube

Uninstall wmcube And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmcube

Remove wmcube Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmcube

Remove wmcube configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmcube

Dependencies

wmcube have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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