How To Install gworkspace.app on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gworkspace.app on Kali Linux. gworkspace.app is GNUstep Workspace Manager

Introduction

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

What is gworkspace.app

gworkspace.app is:

GWorkspace is the official GNUstep workspace manager. It is a clone of NeXT’s workspace manager. GWorkspace is probably one of the most useful and usable workspace managers available on any platform, owing to its well-designed interface and the natural, consistent design that it inherits from the GNUstep framework.

There are three methods to install gworkspace.app 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 gworkspace.app Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gworkspace.app

Install gworkspace.app Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gworkspace.app using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gworkspace.app

Install gworkspace.app 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 gworkspace.app using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gworkspace.app

How To Uninstall gworkspace.app on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gworkspace.app package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gworkspace.app

Uninstall gworkspace.app And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gworkspace.app

Remove gworkspace.app Configurations and Data

To remove gworkspace.app configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gworkspace.app

Remove gworkspace.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gworkspace.app

Dependencies

gworkspace.app have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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