How To Install xfonts-libdockapp on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-libdockapp on Kali Linux.

What is xfonts-libdockapp

xfonts-libdockapp is:

Simple library that eases the creation of Window Maker dock apps. It provides functions that set up a dock app in such a way that they can be properly docked. It also provides some event handlers and makes it very simple to write dockapps.

This package contains the X11 fonts which are included with libdockapp.

There are three methods to install xfonts-libdockapp 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 xfonts-libdockapp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-libdockapp

Install xfonts-libdockapp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xfonts-libdockapp

Install xfonts-libdockapp 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 xfonts-libdockapp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-libdockapp

How To Uninstall xfonts-libdockapp on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xfonts-libdockapp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfonts-libdockapp

Uninstall xfonts-libdockapp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-libdockapp

Remove xfonts-libdockapp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-libdockapp

Remove xfonts-libdockapp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-libdockapp

Dependencies

xfonts-libdockapp have the following dependencies:

• xfonts-utils

References

• xfonts-libdockapp website

Summary

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