How To Install wmsun on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wmsun

wmsun is:

wmSun displays the current day’s Sun Rise and Set Times. You have to enter your Latitude and Longitude for it to work correctly. wmSun is designed to work with the WindowMaker dock, but will work with other window managers as well.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmsun

Install wmsun Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmsun

Install wmsun 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 wmsun using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmsun

How To Uninstall wmsun on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmsun

Uninstall wmsun And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmsun

Remove wmsun Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmsun

Remove wmsun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmsun

Dependencies

wmsun have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdockapp3
• libx11-6
• libxext6
• libxpm4

References

• wmsun website

Summary

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