How To Install workrave-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install workrave-data on Kali Linux.

What is workrave-data

workrave-data is:

Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit.

It includes a system tray applet that works with GNOME and KDE and has network capabilities to monitor your activity even if switching back and forth between different computers is part of your job.

Workrave offers many more configuration options than other similar tools.

This package contains the required data files common to all architectures.

There are three methods to install workrave-data 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 workrave-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install workrave-data

Install workrave-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install workrave-data

Install workrave-data 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 workrave-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install workrave-data

How To Uninstall workrave-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the workrave-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove workrave-data

Uninstall workrave-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove workrave-data

Remove workrave-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge workrave-data

Remove workrave-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge workrave-data

Dependencies

workrave-data have the following dependencies:

• dconf-gsettings-backend

References

• workrave-data website

Summary

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