Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apwal on Kali Linux.
What is apwal
apwal is:
Apwal is a simple icon-based application launcher. It consists of two
components: the application launcher itself, and the configuration editor.
Upon startup, Apwal displays icons at the mouse pointer location. Left
clicking on the icons launches applications, and right-clicking opens
Apwal Editor.
Apwal Editor is an easy to use graphical interface to configure Apwal. An
icon selector displays icons available on your filesystem. Several filters
are available to ease the search (by extension, by size, by name, etc.).
There are three methods to install apwal 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 apwal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install apwal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apwal
Install apwal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install apwal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apwalInstall apwal 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 apwal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apwalHow To Uninstall apwal on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the apwal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apwalUninstall apwal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apwal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apwalRemove apwal Configurations and Data
To remove apwal configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apwalRemove apwal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apwal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apwalDependencies
apwal have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libxml2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apwal package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
