How To Install chiark-tcl-applet on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install chiark-tcl-applet on Kali Linux. chiark-tcl-applet is Tray widget for battery monitor and other X11 programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install chiark-tcl-applet on Kali Linux.

What is chiark-tcl-applet

chiark-tcl-applet is:

xbatmon-simple-tray is a battery status display, with useful tooltip, which sits in your system tray.

There is also an wrapper script, chiark-tcl-applet-wrapper, which can embed any X11 program in your system tray.

If you do not yet have an X11 system tray (eg because you are not running a desktop environment with panel), consider trayer or stalonetray.

There are three methods to install chiark-tcl-applet 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 chiark-tcl-applet Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install chiark-tcl-applet

Install chiark-tcl-applet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install chiark-tcl-applet using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install chiark-tcl-applet

Install chiark-tcl-applet 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 chiark-tcl-applet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install chiark-tcl-applet

How To Uninstall chiark-tcl-applet on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the chiark-tcl-applet package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove chiark-tcl-applet

Uninstall chiark-tcl-applet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove chiark-tcl-applet

Remove chiark-tcl-applet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge chiark-tcl-applet

Remove chiark-tcl-applet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chiark-tcl-applet

Dependencies

chiark-tcl-applet have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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