How To Install amiwm on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is amiwm

amiwm is:

This is amiwm, an X window manager that tries to make your workstation
look like an Amiga. “Why?” you ask. Because the author wanted it to.
So there!

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install amiwm

Install amiwm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install amiwm

Install amiwm 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 amiwm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install amiwm

How To Uninstall amiwm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove amiwm

Uninstall amiwm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove amiwm

Remove amiwm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge amiwm

Remove amiwm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amiwm

Dependencies

amiwm have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6
• libxext6
• libxmu6

References

• amiwm website

Summary

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