How To Install wmmatrix on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wmmatrix

wmmatrix is:

wmMatrix displays The Matrix (from the film of the same name) in a Window Maker dock application. Based on the xscreensaver module created by Jamie Zawinski.

Although it works best with Window Maker, wmMatrix also works fine with other window managers.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmmatrix

Install wmmatrix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmmatrix

Install wmmatrix 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 wmmatrix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmmatrix

How To Uninstall wmmatrix on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmmatrix

Uninstall wmmatrix And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmmatrix

Remove wmmatrix Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmmatrix

Remove wmmatrix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmmatrix

Dependencies

wmmatrix have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6
• libxext6
• libxpm4

References

• wmmatrix website

Summary

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